Police Discover Why That Driver Was so Erratic: He Was 9 Years Old
Published on March 28, 2024
Police found a sedan parked in the middle of an intersection in Oroville, California, at about 9:20 a.m. March 27. But what happened next surprised them. CHP officers say the scene was “straight out of a movie” as it unfolded at the intersection of Grand Avenue and 4th Street in the small town about 70 miles north of Sacramento. When an officer instructed the driver to move, the vehicle unexpectedly sped off, leading to a short and erratic chase that ended in the dirt parking lot next to Plumas Avenue Elementary School. In a surprising turn of events, the driver abruptly reversed the vehicle, ramming the officer’s patrol car, the CHP said in a Facebook post Wednesday....