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It was a late evening joyride that fortunately ended with out anybody getting severely damage.
Two brothers, ages 6 and three, took their mother and father’ automotive for a spin late Wednesday evening on the Malaysian island of Langkawi, the place they had been picked up by native police after shedding management and crashing right into a lamp put up.
The obvious motive for the brothers’ late evening joyride? They had been heading to the outlets to purchase a brand new toy automotive.
Langkawi police chief Shariman Ashari mentioned the automotive they had been driving, a silver Toyota Vios, had attracted the eye of different drivers who gave chase as a result of they assumed the driving force had been “drunk.”
He mentioned the boys had sneaked out of their residence whereas their “mom was within the rest room and father was asleep” and brought the car. That they had traveled about 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) earlier than the crash, which broken the automotive’s bonnet, Shariman added.
“The motive force was a minor aged six, who was driving a passenger – his brother, aged three. The crash occurred when the automotive, touring from Ulu Melaka in the direction of Kampung Nyior Chabang, misplaced management and crashed right into a lamppost close to Kampung Titi Chanwang,” Shariman mentioned.
A 95-second video clip that has gone viral on Fb seems to point out the boys sitting on the driving force’s seat, carrying informal shirts and purple pants.
They are often heard telling passersby that they need to go to a toy retailer to purchase a mannequin automotive. “Mama is at residence and we’re going to the shop,” the elder boy says in Malay. “We need to purchase a black automotive,” the youthful one provides.
Police mentioned the elder boy suffered a reduce to his chin whereas his brother was not injured. They haven’t named both baby.
They mentioned the case is being investigated below Part 43 of the Street Transport Act 1987 for reckless driving.
