A 9-year-old driver and her younger sister, who told police they were driving to California for a swim, are unharmed after crashing into a semi in Utah.
The driver and passenger in the car were both children.Officers arrived at around 5 a.m. on Wednesday"and discovered the person behind the wheel was a 9-year-old girl," the West Valley City Police Department said in a Facebook post. "The young girl and her 4-year-old sister apparently snagged the keys to the family car while their parents were sleeping," police said.
A video clip of the crash scene taken from an officer's body-worn camera was released by West Valley City police. It shows the front end of the red sedan crushed, wedged against a semi-truck, which appeared to have been pulling two trailers. As the officer with the bodycam approached, another officer was already on scene treating the children.
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