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Boy, 7, Takes Car Out for Spin, Crashes

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[October 31, 2007]  LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) -- He could barely reach the pedal, but one 7-year-old boy managed to take the family car out for a spin in his Lehigh Acres neighborhood.

A Florida Highway Patrol spokesman says John Vega took the keys to the car, drove it out of his driveway and crashed into several trees and a mailbox along the way.

Vega is being treated at Lee Memorial Hospital for minor injuries.

In all, authorities say the boy drove about 200 feet from start to finish.

[Associated Press; By SETH BORENSTEIN]

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