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6-year-old takes family car after missing bus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/...COlciLef9xFb8C

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WICOMICO CHURCH, Va. – A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan — and crashed. His parents were charged with child endangerment. State police said the boy suffered only minor injuries and authorities drove him to school after he was evaluated at a local hospital for a bump on his head. He arrived shortly after lunch, Sgt. Tom Cunningham said.
It happened around 7:40 a.m. Monday on Route 360, about 61 miles east of Richmond.
The boy, whose name wasn't released, missed the bus, took the keys to his family's 2005 Ford Taurus and drove nearly six miles toward school while his mother was asleep, police said.
He made at least two 90-degree turns, passed several cars and ran off the rural two-lane road several times before hitting an embankment and utility pole about a mile and a half from school.
The boy told police he learned to drive playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam video games.
"He was very intent on getting to school," said Northumberland County Sheriff Chuck Wilkins. "When he got out of the car, he started walking to school. He did not want to miss breakfast and PE."
His parents, Jacqulyn Deana Waltman, 26, and David Eugene Dodson, 40, are each charged with child endangerment, Wilkins said. Waltman is being held without bond. Dodson was released on a $5,000 bond.
It was not clear if they had attorneys.
The boy and his 4-year-old brother were placed in protective custody.
"This really is a story of miracles," Wilkins said. "The Lord was with him, along with everybody else on the highway."

"The boy told police he learned to drive playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam video games."

"He was very intent on getting to school," said Northumberland County Sheriff Chuck Wilkins. "When he got out of the car, he started walking to school. He did not want to miss breakfast and PE."

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Still don't get why the parents were charged with child endangerment?
Not like they handed the kid the keys and told him to drive to school.
To bad he crashed and didn't make it. He must LOVEE breakfest and PE.

...how did he even reach the pedals???

When I was 6, I was never allowed to take the bus by myself.

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Originally Posted by Peturbo (Post 6209301)

He must LOVEE breakfest and PE.

He probably got the munchies and theres probably dope chicks in his PE class!

This kid is really a devoted student.

Smacks of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?

gjgj, this boy has potential

Grand Theft Auto gets blamed for everything! :p

Sucks to be the parents to get charged with child endangerment... pretty ridiculous. What, from now on keys need to be locked up like guns?

no, but the mom should have at least been awake to send her kid off to school. he was probably so desperate to get to school for breakfast because she's never awake to feed him.

I don't even think I could see over the dashboard when I was 6.

Thank god the lord was with him!

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Originally Posted by ChaKo (Post 6209400)

no, but the mom should have at least been awake to send her kid off to school. he was probably so desperate to get to school for breakfast because she's never awake to feed him.

Agreed. Some probably some drunkass who can't be bothered to roll out of the sack until noon

wow must have been a pretty tall 6 year old lol

if this kid made it. I'd call him a hero.

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Originally Posted by buttered corn (Post 6209441)

if this kid made it. I'd call him a hero.

he would be the baller of his grade..

walking out of his Ford, all the chicks would dig him.

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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul (Post 6209333)

Grand Theft Auto gets blamed for everything! :p

Sucks to be the parents to get charged with child endangerment... pretty ridiculous. What, from now on keys need to be locked up like guns?

Grand theft auto is probably the only reason he made it as far as he did...

Sidenote: Why the fuck is a six year old playing GTA? :eek:

Kid sure loves school :lol

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Originally Posted by unidentified (Post 6209303)

When I was 6, I was never allowed to take the bus by myself.

yeah, I remember when I was 6, I wasn't allowed to bus alone. I wasn't even allowed to walk home, and my school was like a 5 minute walk. My parents yelled at me after. and I thought I was just trying to prove I'm smart enough to know my way home.

^ to think of it, at the age 6 is only grade 2. Thats amazing. I was never allowed to walk home alone probably until i was 9 or 10.

LOL 6 year olds playing GTA
i think that's the bigger problem

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Originally Posted by teaoh (Post 6209954)

^ to think of it, at the age 6 is only grade 2. Thats amazing. I was never allowed to walk home alone probably until i was 9 or 10.

Aren't you in K if you're 6?

he made it 10 miles out of the 11.5 mile trip.

most people in Richmond probably didn't make it 10 miles last week without hitting something.

so many fuckign things wrong with that article