| Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:21 PM CDT |
Boy, 7, accidentally drives van into bushes, trees
By Pantagraph staff
NORMAL — A 7-year-old boy was treated at a local hospital after accidentally driving a minivan backward into a series of trees and bushes Friday morning.
Andrew L. Kozak, of the 700 block of Golf Crest Road, was treated and released from BroMenn Regional Medical Center. The accident happened about 8:15 a.m. in a parking lot near his home, police said.
The boy got into a Dodge Caravan to get his jacket when he put a key in the ignition, started the minivan and put it in reverse, a police report said. The minivan rolled into a ditch and struck several trees and bushes.
The boy tried to get out the driver’s side door, but his foot was trapped when the open door came to rest against a branch, police said.
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