The child’s mother handed him her keys and asked him to start the vehicle as they left a relative’s home on Tuesday night
Gastonia Police spokesman Rick Goodale said the 8-year-old, who is about 4 feet, 6 inches tall, drove nearly 2 miles to his home, then left again before authorities stopped him several blocks later.
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