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Chinese schoolboy driver kills pedestrian

By AFP, Image Courtesy : Handout. Shanghai : An 11-year-old Chinese schoolboy, who learned to drive by looking up lessons online, killed a pedestrian after stealing a car in eastern China, local media reported on Friday. The boy stole an unlocked vehicle from a car park in the city of Taicang near Shanghai on Mon

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Published 24 December 2016, 8:00 · Updated 21:30

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Chinese schoolboy driver kills pedestrian

Shanghai : An 11-year-old Chinese schoolboy, who learned to drive by looking up lessons online, killed a pedestrian after stealing a car in eastern China, local media reported on Friday.

The boy stole an unlocked vehicle from a car park in the city of Taicang near Shanghai on Monday and hit a man while attempting to overtake another driver, the Taicang Daily reported.

He carried on driving, while his victim, a young man who was due to become a father, died the next day in hospital, the report said.

Police eventually caught up with the boy and arrested him. An investigation is underway.

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