Cops record statement from mother of joyriding 10-year-old

The police have recorded the statement of the mother of a 10-year-old boy, who drove his parents’ car and was involved in a collision with two other vehicles, at Jalan Arowana 2, Taman Arowana Impian, two days ago.

Seremban district police chief Mohamad Hatta Che Din said that the woman, in her 40s, was called to record a statement at the Seremban district police headquarters yesterday.

“We will call the boy’s father in the near future, as the father, who is also in his 40s, is currently receiving treatment for heart problems,” he told Bernama.

In the incident at about 9.30pm, the boy lost control of the Toyota Corolla he was driving with a nine-year-old neighbour and crashed into a parked van by the roadside. The van then hit a Perodua Kancil parked in front of it.

Both boys escaped unhurt.

Hatta said that the case was being investigated under Sections 39(1) and 111 of the Road Transport Act 1987, Rule 10 of the Road Traffic Rules 1959 and Section 31 (1) of the Child Act 2001.

- Bernama

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