A seven-year-old boy has miraculously survived after he stole a car, drove it at more than 100 miles per hour and then crashed it – all while not wearing a seatbelt.
Chance Warden is lucky to be alive after the car he was driving ran off the road and flipped three times in Inola, Oklahoma on the morning of December 26.
Police said the Chevrolet Cruze he was driving struck an embankment, went airborne and landed more than 200 feet away.
Chance Warden is lucky to be alive after the car he was driving ran off the road and flipped three times in Inola, Oklahoma on the morning of December 26
The car flipped three times and landed on its roof after the boy’s high speed crash
Footage from the crash scene taken by NewsOn6 showed the mangled car lying on its roof with debris scattered around.
The boy was pulled from the car with a head injury but was still able to talk.
Chance was airlifted to St Francis Hospital in Tulsa where he was admitted in a stable condition.
His mother Cyndi Nichols, 45, claims it was the fourth car Chance had stolen in a week in what she describes was a desperate attempt to try and see her.
Nichols says she lost custody of her son a few years back and has been fighting to get him back from Chance’s father.
She shared pictures on Facebook of her son recovering in hospital with a neck brace and bruised face.
His mother Cyndi Nichols claims it was the fourth car Chance had stolen in a week in what she describes was a desperate attempt to try and see her
Police said the Chevrolet Cruze he was driving struck an embankment, went airborne and landed more than 200 feet away
Chance was airlifted to St Francis Hospital in Tulsa where he was admitted in a stable condition
Police said they were alerted to the incident when Chance sideswiped another vehicle and the occupants of that car called 911.
They described the driver as ‘intoxicated or very small and unable to see over the steering wheel very well.’
The boy had been dropped at a family friend’s house by his father shortly before the crash, according to police.
The friends had asked the boy to wait on the sofa, but Chance took the car keys and fled.
‘That is not the Chance that I raised,’ his mother said in an interview with News9.
‘I know that he did this, he chose to pick those keys up. However, if he would’ve had the right parental guidance, he should not have been able to get to those keys.’
She claims Chance told her in the hospital that he had been trying to get to her.
‘He is such a good, sweet little boy and he is so loveable he just needs that back. He needs to be loved back,’ Nichols said.
Nichols says she lost custody of her son a few years back and has been fighting to get him back from Chance’s father.