boys, 10 and 6, drive to see gran

Children drive Gran’s car 85km to Moree

12 June 2006

Two children have been re-united with their grandparents after the boys drove the family car 85km south along the Newell Highway yesterday.

Moree Police were contacted by a number of truck-drivers about 12.30pm reporting that two children appeared to be driving a red Holden Commodore station wagon south along the highway.

A Highway Patrol car was despatched to investigate and about 35km north of Moree police spotted the car and indicated for the driver to pull over, which he did.

When police approached the vehicle a 10-year-old boy and his six-year-old brother got out of the car.

They told police they wanted to visit their grandfather in Moree and had taken their grandmother’s car and driven south from Boggabilla.

Police drove grandma’s car back to Moree and the children were returned to their grandparents.