Boy, 7, flips family car

David Johnson thought he had all the angles covered when he sneaked out for a spin in his mother's car.

It was the middle of the night, everyone was asleep, and it was dark outside.

Unfortunately the seven-year-old's first attempt at driving swiftly became common knowledge when he rolled the manual car onto its roof after 30ft.


Photo from here.

The red VW Golf narrowly missed parked cars as it swept around in an arc and mounted a pavement on the other side of the road before smashing into a concrete fence post.

A wheel then rode up the post, flipping the ten-year-old car onto its roof and leaving David trapped upside down in the driver's seat.

Firefighters had to free him from the wreckage and he was treated at hospital for an injured arm before being allowed home. Police said yesterday they would not be prosecuting the schoolboy because he is three years below the age of criminal responsibility.