Boy takes family car and drives 800 miles across Australia
12-year-old was stopped by police in the outback
Monday, 24th April 2017
Police in Australia have stopped a 12-year-old boy who was attempting to drive 2,500 miles across the country.
According to reports, the boy had left Kendall in New South Wales and was heading to Perth, Western Australia.
He made it 800 miles into the journey, reaching the New South Wales outback, before being pulled over in Broken Hill when police spotted the car's bumper dragging along the road.
He was taken to a police station and his parents – who had reported him missing – picked him up.
It isn't clear how the boy made it so far without being noticed. He could face charges under the Young Offenders Act, according to the UK's BBC.
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