ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A 10-year-old St. Petersburg child is lucky to be alive tonight after taking a family member’s car and causing a crash on I-275.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, around 6:07 pm on Thursday, a Nissan Altima, driven by the St. Petersburg boy, was heading northbound on I-275 approaching I-375 in the left lane.
Troopers say the child overtook an F-150 pickup truck and sideswiped the vehicle.
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The Nissan rotated and collided with the bridge rail along the outside shoulder of the roadway while the pickup truck came to a controlled stop.
The 10-year-old child from St. Petersburg who had taken the vehicle from a family member without permission, suffered minor injuries. The driver of the pickup truck, a 27-year-old Wimauma man, and his two adult male passengers were uninjured during the incident.
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