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in recent days, an 8-year-old girl from ohio, usa, has become a hot topic on social networks.

she was reported missing at around 9 a.m. local time on sunday, sept. 15. her family said they last saw her about two hours ago, at around 7 a.m.

at the same time, justin kimery, who was on his way to work, saw a car driving strangely on the road. at first, he thought the driver was sick or a novice driver who didn't know the road at all. he tried to remind the other party to slow down or stop by flashing lights and honking horns, and gradually realized that the situation was not good. he quickly contacted the police dispatcher and reported anxiously: "there is a car here, i'm behind it, it's turning around, like it's driving in all lanes." as the car caught up and the video progressed, kimery's voice revealed more concerns: "he (the driver) looks like a child."

the police found that the child driving the car was the missing 8-year-old girl. the police asked the girl's family, and her mother went to the garage to check and found that the car was gone.

finally, their suv was found in the parking lot of a target supermarket 21 kilometers away from their home.

the child secretly drove her mother's car away from home without her family's knowledge. the neighbor's surveillance video recorded the whole process of her getting into the car alone. after that, according to her own account, she drove all the way to the supermarket parking lot and parked the car, only hitting a mailbox on the way. then she went into the starbucks in the supermarket with about $400 in cash, bought herself a frappuccino, and then went shopping.

on the 16th, kimery posted the full dashcam video online, which caused an uproar. the video showed that in the early morning of sunday, september 15, the 8-year-old girl was driving her mother's nissan rogue on the road very erratically.

under the video posted by kimery, many netizens expressed their amazement:

without mobile navigation, i would get lost even if i went 2 kilometers outside. how did she find the supermarket 21 kilometers away?

netizens replied: apparently she went out at seven in the morning, stole a car and drove to the supermarket. her enthusiasm for shopping solved all problems!

many netizens also discussed the parking problem:

how did she learn to park at target? it was so hard!

netizens responded: if she can back the car out of the garage, she can naturally drive the car into the parking space!

netizen's reply: backing the car out of the garage... it took me so many years to learn it, but this kid did it at the age of eight...

on the 17th, the new york times interviewed kimery and learned that the situation on the road was actually quite dangerous. fortunately, the child was discovered in time, the police intervened, and the child was fortunately found safely.

people magazine contacted the bedford police department on wednesday, september 18, and confirmed the incident. the police said that they did not see the relevant dashcam video when handling the case, and the new video that has been exposed now undoubtedly adds more details to the whole incident.

"thankfully, she arrived safely at her destination and was immediately found by bainbridge police. she is now home safely." the notice issued by the police on the 18th was quite humorous. "not sure what she bought or if she saved 5% with the target supermarket app. we let her finish her frappuccino before taking her home. we are not being mean, we just hope that such 'adventures' will not happen again in the future."

police said the girl was too young to face criminal charges, but the incident was undoubtedly a wake-up call for all parents, reminding them to strengthen their supervision and safety education for their children.

source: wang yuehang, reporter of orange interactive