A 9-year-old child was caught by police behind the wheel of a vehicle, with two adults and a baby as passengers.<\/p>\n
Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said police stopped a vehicle at Bush Rd, Mosgiel, at 6.20pm on Tuesday,<\/p>\n
They discovered the child at the wheel, with his father and father’s partner in the passenger seats, as well as the infant in the back seat.<\/p>\n
Bond said the adults had been encouraging the child to drive to an address in Mosgiel.<\/p>\n
The adults were not intoxicated, and gave no reason for letting the child drive, beyond the fact they had been encouraging him, Bond said.<\/p>\n
Infringement notices had been issued to the father for the state of the vehicle, and the incident had been reported to Oranga Tamariki.<\/p>\n
In 2020, a 9-year-old boy was stopped by police in Mosgiel while driving his intoxicated father to the bottle store.<\/p>\n
The father of the boy was not charged, but referred by police to undertake an alcohol and parenting course.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ and NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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