One of our Troopers in Weber Co. initiated a traffic stop on what he thought was an impaired driver. Turns out it was this young man, age 5, somehow made his way up onto the freeway in his parents' car. Made it from 17th and Lincoln in Ogden down to the 25th St off-ramp SB I-15. pic.twitter.com/3aF1g22jRB
— Utah Highway Patrol (@UTHighwayPatrol) May 4, 2020
An officer from the Utah Highway Patrol pulled a vehicle over and found the driver to be a five-year-old boy. He wasn't driving the car all that well, which was why he was pulled over.
Family members told troopers the boy had gotten upset with his mother at some point earlier when she wouldn't let him buy a Lamborghini, Street said. The boy's parents told investigators the boy had never driven before and they hadn't had any issues like that prior to Monday's incident.
However, it's believed the boy grabbed the keys from a hook in the home, started the car and made it from his home located in the area of 17th Street and Lincoln Avenue to the I-15 South on-ramp at 21st Street, Sreet said. That is about a five-minute drive from the home to the freeway.
The unnamed boy told the state trooper that he was trying to get to his sister's home in California so he could buy a Lamborghini. He had three dollars on him. The child was returned to his home, where he had been under the care of a sibling while his parents were at work. See a video of the encounter at KSL. -via reddit