Child Takes The Wheel, Injures Woman

What is it with kids these days? First there was the 14-year-old who wanted to be a cop and now a 9-year-old wants to be Dale Earnhardt. The girl was left in a car parked in front of a South Side Walgreens with her aunt while her mother went inside the store. With the aunt on her cellphone, the girl jumped into the driver's seat and put the car in gear. The car then struck an 80-year-old woman, pinning her under the car and breaking both of her legs. She was later reported in "stable" condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The aunt was charged with endangering the life of a child and cited with the traffic violation of permitting an unauthorized person to drive and the mother was charged with driving on a suspended license, no insurance and parking in a fire lane.