OHIO (ABC Newsone) -- A little boy from Ohio really wanted a cheeseburger. So, police say the 8-year-old swiped they keys to the family van and drove to the local McDonald's Sunday night with his 4-year-old sister riding shotgun.
Officer Jake Koehler got the call on the radio Sunday night of a child driving a vehicle. He pulled into the town's only McDonald's and found the boy still behind the wheel. His first question: what are you doing?
"Me and my sister really wanted a cheeseburger"
The boy had stood on his tiptoes to get the keys and took his 4-year old sister with him for the food run. Officer Koehler still had some questions.
"I asked him how he learned to drive and he said he looked it up on youtube videos on how to drive," said Koehler.
The child started on East Martin Street, made one right turn, and went through four intersections. He didn't hit a thing and even obeyed every traffic signal, stopping for red lights and waiting until they turned green. The entire route was a mile and a half.
Koehler points out that the van the boy was driving was not a newer model with power steering, which means he had to put some muscle into it to even turn the steering wheel.
"Whenever he pulled up to the first window, employees actually thought they were being pranked."
The parents were not in the back of the van as employees thought they would be. They were at home. The vehicle was surrounded by adults in the McDonald's parking lot and the boy was crying when Koehler started talking to him, realizing he might be in trouble.
"It is kind of funny but being a parent, it would be kind of scary knowing your 8-year-old son went down through the middle of town and took his 4-year-old sister in your van."
