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10-year-old Kan. boy facing charges after stealing mom’s car

SALINE COUNTY  — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a 10-year-old after a Thursday car accident.

Just after 3:30p.m. Thursday, police responded to the intersection of College and Ash in Salina where a 2000 Dodge Stratus had crashed into a parked 1988 Suzuki Samurai and was blocking the eastbound lane of Ash, according to Police Captain Paul Forrester.

A witness told police that four juveniles jumped out of the Stratus and ran away after the crash.

When the woman who reported the theft of the Stratus arrived at the crash scene, she told police that her 10-year-old son had taken her car keys when she wasn’t looking.

In the car with him were a sibling and two other children between the ages of five and eight.

The Suzuki sustained damage to the rear driver’s side and the Stratus was damaged on the front passenger side. There were no injuries, according to Forrester.

The boy faces possible charges including theft, endangering a child, and multiple traffic infractions, according to Forrester.

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