Footage emerges of eight-year-old girl's daring joyride to Target after she stole her parents SUV
Nail-biting footage captured the moment an eight-year-old girl drove a swerving SUV during a 25-minute joyride to target.
Nail-biting footage captured the moment an eight-year-old girl drove a swerving SUV during a 25-minute joyride to target.
The little girl took her familys white 2020 Nissan Rogue from their house in Bedford, Ohio, on Sunday morning.
As well as the vehicle, the child also left home with $400 to spend at the store.
Her family reported her missing to the Bedford Police Department around 7am. To their amazement, a neighbors ring camera revealed the little girl climbed into the drivers seat and drove off in the SUV.
The youngster was found safe after she made it to the popular retail store in Bainbridge.
Another driver spotted the familys car on the road that morning as the girl swerved in and out of lanes. The other motorist soon called 911 to report the reckless kid driver.
Dashcam footage captured an eight-year-old girl taking her familys white 2020 Nissan Rogue for a joyride to Target in Bainbridge, Ohio Sunday morning
Her family reported her missing to the Bedford Police Department around 7am before cops found her at the popular retail store in Bainbridge (pictured)
The clip showed the young girl driving the car just as the sun was rising on Rockside Road.
The other driver recorded the vehicle through his windshield as the child swerved into their lane at a green light.
In the background, the male driver was heard reporting the erratic driver to police as he drove behind her.
As the video ended, the girl was seen steering the car to the left, in the opposite lane.
While her parents worried about where she was, police were receiving the call from the worried driver behind her.
The other driver recorded the vehicle through his windshield as the child swerved into their lane at a green light
In their scramble to find the eight-year-old, a small victory came when a license plate reader picked up the SUV on Pettibone road, WKYC reported.
Finally, Bainbridge police located the vehicle in the parking lot of the Target and the little girl was located inside the store.
Shockingly, nobody was hurt despite the eight-year-old admitting to police that she plowed through a mailbox on her drive.
It takes 25 minutes to drive the more than ten mile route from her house to the store.
During her shopping spree the girl used the $400 to shop around and then checked out, employees told WEWS-TV.
The Bedford Police Department declined to tell DailyMail.com if any charges were being brought against the eight-year-old because its an ongoing investigation. It is also unclear what the girl went to the store to buy.
In the background, the male driver was heard reporting the erratic driver to police as he drove behind her
TikTok users were shocked by the discount compared to the much higher prices they saw in Florida, Virginia, and Illinois
But in a humorous post on their Facebook page, the department wrote: Thats right an eight-year-old took mommys car this morning and drove to Target in Bainbridge to shop.
Not sure what she bought or if she was even able to use the Target app to save 5%. We did let her finish her Frappuccino. Were not mean.
This incident comes just two months after police released body camera footage showing a young boy unharmed inside his mothers stolen SUV.
The tragic incident unfolded moments after the Ohio mother and speech language pathologist Alexa Stakely, 29, threw herself onto the hood of the vehicle as a carjacker sped away, before she fell off, leaving her with fatal head injuries.
She died that day trying to save her six-year-old sons life after the suspect tried to steal the vehicle the six-year-old was sleeping in.
