CBC News - British Columbia - B.C. boy forced to drive getaway car in robbery

CBC News - British Columbia - B.C. boy forced to drive getaway car in robbery

B.C. boy forced to drive getaway car in robbery.

Now if this is NOT another reason why to NOT leave your kids alone in the car no matter HOW OLD they are... I don't know what is!!! :(

A 12-year-old boy is safe after he was forced to drive the getaway car in a robbery in Mission, B.C., on Friday night.

RCMP Insp. Stephen Drolet said the boy was sitting in his father's van when a 23-year-old man opened the door and demanded the boy drive him to a nearby supermarket.

When the boy protested, the man produced a weapon and forced him to drive. Police say the boy was terrified, and stayed in the van while the man robbed the grocery store.

Store staff called police, who caught up with the van and arrested the suspect.

The boy was not injured.

Police say the 23-year-old man is facing kidnapping charges.