Girl, 10, goes for a drive in Pensacola, hits other cars

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/gen/ap/FL_Child_Driver.html

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A 10-year-old girl crashed into several cars after grabbed car she drove off in her guardian's sport utility vehicle with a toddler and a 5-year-old as passengers, officials said. No one was seriously hurt.

Dispatchers received numerous calls about the gray Kia driving recklessly on a major Pensacola road Thursday night, said Ted Roy, a spokesman for the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. He said the girl sideswiped several cars during her 15-minute drive and reached speeds of 40 to 50 mph.

Sheriff's deputies and Florida Highway Patrol officers followed the car.

"She was so little she had to go down and hit the gas and pop her head back up to see where she was going," Roy said.

The trip ended when the SUV jumped a curb and hit fire hydrant.

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Sheriff's deputies charged the girl as a juvenile with kidnapping and false imprisonment and vehicle theft and the highway patrol charged her with careless driving, not having a driver's license and not using a child restraint.

I'm glad no one got hurt, but this story is making me crack-up. A 10 year-old charged with kidnapping?

She's charged w/careless driving, no driver's license and using a child restraint. I think the last thing on her mind was buckling up those 2 little kids.