10-year-old boy steals family member’s SUV, crashes into pond, police say

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU/Gray News) - A 10-year-old boy in Indiana stole a family member’s SUV and crashed it into a pond, according to authorities.

Officers were called just before 7:30 a.m. to a motor vehicle theft in the River Park area.

As officers were responding, police received several calls about an SUV driving recklessly, including a report of a hit-and-run, WNDU reported.

Authorities said the boy traveled outside city limits.

Officers also received a report of a mailbox that had been struck.

An officer attempted to pull the SUV over, but the 10-year-old drove over the grass at St. Jude Catholic Church and into a pond on the property.

The 10-year-old exited the SUV on his own and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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