Boy With Toddler Passenger Crashes Car Into Canal: Cops

The 13-year-old boy's father has been charged with child neglect
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Apr 8, 2017 5:04 PM CDT
Police: Boy Drives Car Into Canal With Toddler Passenger
Martin Martinez Jr.   (Mugshot)

Authorities say a Florida man let his 13-year-old son drive a car unsupervised around a neighborhood with a 2-year-old passenger before the boy crashed into a canal. Neither child was seriously hurt in Friday's crash in southwest Florida, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. The Florida Highway Patrol says the 31-year-old father, Martin Martinez Jr., was charged with child neglect. According to the AP, the highway patrol says the boy was driving fast when he went through a stop sign, missed a turn, and overturned the car several times, ending up in the canal. The report says the boy was able to get out and remove the younger child. (More Florida stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X