Boy, 12, stopped 800 miles into attempted 2,485-mile drive
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Published in Weird News
(UPI) Police in Australia said a 12-year-old boy managed to drive 800 miles across the country before he was stopped by suspicious officers.
New South Wales police said officers with the Broken Hill Highway Patrol pulled over a vehicle Saturday on the Barrier Highway because its bumper was dragging on the ground.
Police said the boy was trying to drive from Kendall, New South Wales, to Perth, Western Australia, a total distance of 2,485 miles.
Investigators said he had made it about 800 miles before he was caught.
The boy was stopped and taken to the local police station. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
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