Boy, 6, Crashes Van on Trip to Buy Food

Dings mailboxes, then crashes into truck
By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 18, 2011 3:23 AM CDT
Boy, 6, Crashes Van on Trip to Buy Food
This unidentified tot is just pretending to drive, but an Oregon boy took the family van out for a spin for real.   (Shutterstock)

Talk about a bad case of the munchies—a 6-year-old boy in Oregon who got hungry yesterday decided to drive to the store in the family van. The tiny driver crashed into several mailboxes then swerved into the oncoming lane and smashed into a pickup. The boy was unharmed, and the woman driving the pickup received only minor injuries, according to the police. The Department of Human Services is investigating the incident, reports AP. (More car accident stories.)

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