If you’re a parent, it’s hard to know what your kids are up to all the time, but you can usually assume they’re not stealing your car to go on a joyride. But that’s what one underage driver in Virginia allegedly did before he lost control and crashed a car through the metal guardrail. Making things worse, another teenager was in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
13-year-old driver is lucky that the car didn’t roll down the hill
On October 4 at around 7:18 a.m., police responded to a report of a 13-year-old boy who had collided into a railing on the northbound ramp of Fairfax County Parkway to Pohick Road, according to a post by the Fairfax County Police on X (formerly Twitter).
According to a report by DC News Now, the 13-year-old driver as well as a 13-year-old male passenger were found with minor injuries and were transported to a local hospital. Both of their identities have not been disclosed due to them being minors.
Officers discovered that the 13-year-old driver had taken a vehicle belonging to the passenger’s parent. The boy had lost control of the vehicle and hit a power pole. That sent the car careening straight through a metal guardrail and sending it down a steep cliff. As luck would have it, the vehicle did not roll down the hill, potentially making the accident far more serious…