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| Dutch Police Detain Joyriding Brothers, 5 and 7, after Crash | |
| 2013-06-24 | |
| [An Nahar] Dutch police on Saturday briefly detained two brothers aged five and seven who crashed a car after a mile-long joyride. "A police patrol this morning saw a car with the doors open and two young boys stood next to it," in Bloemendael, west of Amsterdam, police spokeswoman Lenny Beijerbergen told Agence France Presse. "The seven-year-old boy told police that he had driven the car around one-and-a-half kilometers (one mile), hit a metal post on the pavement and come to a standstill," Beijerbergen said. A policeman tweeted a photo of the crash scene, saying that the car belonged to the boys' grandmother. The photo, which was quickly removed from Twitter, showed the boys, the car and the uprooted post in a residential street strewn with debris from the car.
"The boys were taken to the police station, given a talking to and made aware of what they've done," Beijerbergen said. "Then they were taken home. Thankfully they were both unhurt." She said there was considerable damage to the car and the pavement. "This is really quite remarkable, I've never seen anything like it, seven is very young," Beijerbergen said. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 hit a metal post on the pavement and come to a standstill," Odd place to put a post? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-24 21:29 |
| #7 Sorry Ship, but I WAS the little brother ;^) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-06-24 19:20 |
| #6 That's what little brothers are for AlanC |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-24 15:35 |
| #5 That's the problem with these little cars the Euros like so much, a 7 yr. old can reach the pedals. Do you think I could have reached the pedals of my Dad's '55 BelAir when I was 7???? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-06-24 14:42 |
| #4 Sign saying "must be this high to joyride" near gran's garage? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-06-24 12:24 |
| #3 ..you mean like sugar? It's considered a controlled substance in NYC. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-24 10:29 |
| #2 But were they driving under the influence? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-24 10:15 |
| #1 And 87 is very old. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2013-06-24 07:32 |