[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]A 10-year-old girl who decided to go on a joy ride in her father's car Wednesday morning crashed into a guard rail, according to the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.[/font] [font=Verdana,Sans-serif]Authorities received a report of a single-car crash along U.S. 550 north of Aztec. The responding deputy found a 1988 Mazda sedan tangled with a guard rail and a young girl there alone with her cat, said Sgt. Lisa Haws.[/font]
[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]The girl first told authorities she had been kidnapped from her home by a man who blindfolded her, forced her into her father's car and then drove away, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. The girl claimed the man crashed into the guard rail and ran away.[/font]
[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]Deputies questioned her further and she admitted that she was staying home sick from school. When her father left for work, the girl decided she wanted to take a drive. She took her cat and got into her father's car and drove about 4 miles before hitting the guard rail, authorities said.[/font]
[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]Neither the girl nor the cat was injured, but deputies said the car sustained heavy front-end damage.
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[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]The girl first told authorities she had been kidnapped from her home by a man who blindfolded her, forced her into her father's car and then drove away, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. The girl claimed the man crashed into the guard rail and ran away.[/font]
[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]Deputies questioned her further and she admitted that she was staying home sick from school. When her father left for work, the girl decided she wanted to take a drive. She took her cat and got into her father's car and drove about 4 miles before hitting the guard rail, authorities said.[/font]
[font=Verdana,Sans-serif]Neither the girl nor the cat was injured, but deputies said the car sustained heavy front-end damage.
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