Child driver leads Des Moines Police on chase

DES MOINES, Iowa-    Des Moines Police say a 10-year-old girl, driving a car, led them on a 10-block chase this morning on the city's east side.

Police were contacted around 8:15 a.m. about a reckless driver, an officer spotted the car and noticed the driver seemed very young.   The girl crashed the car at East University and Dixon around 8:30 a.m.   Neither the child-driver, nor her seven-year-old passenger were injured.

Police tell our News Partner, Channel 13, WHO-TV it appears this is a case of young kids making a bad decision.


(Photo from Channel 13, WHO-TV)


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