11-year-old drove car that crashed into young boy: DC cops

An 11-calendar year-previous boy was driving a vehicle that crashed into a youthful boy in close proximity to a playground in Washington, D.C., in accordance to police and reviews.

The more mature boy or girl was driving the wheel of a Kia Optima when he was “unable to push the brake and stop the vehicle” before hitting the boy and then a curb the night of July 25, a July 26 information launch from the Metropolitan Police Division says.

The crash sent the 7-year-aged to a close by medical center with critical injuries that are non-life-threatening, in accordance to law enforcement.

The younger boy’s household instructed WUSA9 that he endured a leg injury just after the Kia struck him in the parking ton of a playground.

“He’s too young to be likely through one thing like that,” the child’s aunt instructed the outlet. “I just want my nephew to get properly shortly.”

The 11-year-aged boy fled the scene of the crash, NBC Washington described.

The injured child’s aunt informed FOX 5 that the collision may perhaps be associated to a “Kia Obstacle” that is circulating on the social media system TikTok. Police could not say whether that was the case in this incident.

The “Kia Challenge” stems from a now-removed TikTok online video that instructs other individuals on how to commence a Kia applying a USB cable, McClatchy Information described.

“He most likely did not signify to do it, but he nonetheless shouldn’t have been in the car,” the victim’s aunt informed FOX 5 of the 11-yr-outdated driver. “He continue to shouldn’t have been driving.”

MPD is inquiring any one with information and facts on the crash to get in touch with authorities at 202-727-9099 or concept a suggestion to the department’s suggestion line at 50411.