A five-year-old boy caused a minor traffic accident while driving his family’s SUV with his three-year-old sister in the car, as they were out looking for their father, according to Chinese online news outlet Pear Videos.
No one was injured in the accident on Aug. 19. Footage of the incident was taken by witnesses and uploaded to Chinese social media.
Police in She County, Hubei province, China gave the father “critical education,” which translates to being let off with only a warning.
The Search for Dad
The report did not mention where the father was or how the children got the keys, much less into the car. It did not say who was looking after the children at the time, if anyone. However, the children went out specifically to find their father, according to Pear Videos.The crash appeared to have drawn attention. Bystanders took their cellphones out and started recording when they saw who the driver was.
“Whose car is this?” one witness asked as she recorded the back of the car, according to footage from Pear Videos. “You can see the license plate here, quickly come get the car,” she said in the video, perhaps addressing the police.
“Children were driving the car.”
“Take the key out,” a man can be heard saying to the boy in the driver’s seat, as another witness uses their smartphone to record footage, according to Pear Videos. As people surround the SUV, the three-year-old girl can be seen standing in the back.
Soon after, the police arrived at the scene.
