LAPEER, Mich. -- A 6-year-old boy took his family's car for a spin and made it about 3 miles before he was stopped by other motorists Saturday morning.
"I opened the door and asked him what he was doing," Lapeer County Sheriff's Deputy Karl Sapp said Sunday. "He told me he was going to the dealer to get the car fixed."
The boy, who had hit a street sign near his house and cracked the car's bumper, initially blamed the damage on his father, Sapp said.
The boy's parents were home sleeping about 7:30 a.m. and didn't know the child was gone with the family's Ford Taurus station wagon, authorities said.
