The police cruiser's dashboard camera captures the moment the youngster jumped out of the car and ran off
Last updated at 12:08 PM on 01st August 2009
A boy of seven in the US was so desperate to avoid going to church he stole his father's car and sped off - leading police on a wild chase.
Dispatchers received reports of a child driving recklessly . Weber County Sheriff's Capt. Klint Anderson says one witness said the boy drove through a stop sign.
Anderson says two deputies caught up with the boy and tried unsuccessfully to stop the Dodge Intrepid in an area about 45 miles north of Salt Lake City.
The youngster ran through a stop sign and almost smashed into another vehicle.
The car reached 40 mph before the boy stopped in a driveway and ran inside a home.
Video taken from the dashboard of a police car in pursuit shows the lad pulling up in his driveway, then jumping out of the car and running at top speed indoors.
An officer can then be seen giving chase.
Anderson says when the boy's father later confronted him, the boy said he didn't want to go to church.
The boy is too young to prosecute and no citations were issued, although police did urge the father to make his car keys more inaccessible to children.
Dispatchers received reports of a child driving recklessly . Weber County Sheriff's Capt. Klint Anderson says one witness said the boy drove through a stop sign.
Anderson says two deputies caught up with the boy and tried unsuccessfully to stop the Dodge Intrepid in an area about 45 miles north of Salt Lake City.
The youngster ran through a stop sign and almost smashed into another vehicle.
The car reached 40 mph before the boy stopped in a driveway and ran inside a home.
Video taken from the dashboard of a police car in pursuit shows the lad pulling up in his driveway, then jumping out of the car and running at top speed indoors.
An officer can then be seen giving chase.
Anderson says when the boy's father later confronted him, the boy said he didn't want to go to church.
The boy is too young to prosecute and no citations were issued, although police did urge the father to make his car keys more inaccessible to children.
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