Police officers left shocked after stopping car on busy A-road near Mansfield - and finding 14-year-old behind the wheel
Officers were stunned after pulling over a car being driven ‘all over the road’ along a busy route near Mansfield – and finding a 14-year-old behind the wheel.
On Tuesday, October 18, officers from Derbyshire Police’s roads policing unit spotted a car being driven erratically on the A617 near Pleasley.
A unit spokesman said: “This Focus drove by one of the team with no lights on and all over the road – vehicle then appears to be failing to stop before the driver begins struggling with the gears.
“Vehicle stopped and driver found to be a 14-year-old female – we were not expecting that.
“She’d decided to take her carer’s vehicle in the middle of the night without their consent in order to go missing. An extremely vulnerable female who has no doubt been prevented from serious harm as a result of our intervention.”