8-year-old girl takes car on 25-minute joyride to Target

An 8-year-old Ohio girl is home safe after she took her mother’s car and drove to Target 25 minutes away as her family and police searched for her. According to a Bedford Police Department service report obtained by TODAY.com, officers responded to a 911 call on Sept. 15 just before 9 a.m. after the family discovered the girl was missing.

An 8-year-old Ohio girl is home safe after she took her mother’s car and drove to Target 25 minutes away as her family and police searched for her.

According to a Bedford Police Department service report obtained by TODAY.com, officers responded to a 911 call on Sept. 15 just before 9 a.m. after the family discovered the girl was missing.

They reported that the 8-year-old was last seen by the family nearly two hours earlier.

A neighbor gave the family and responding officers their Ring camera footage of the young girl getting into a 2020 Nissan Rogue by herself and driving off around 7 a.m.

Police in the area searched for the missing child before officers in neighboring Bainbridge spotted the car in a Target parking lot.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-year-old-girl-takes-car-25-minute-joyride-target-rcna171421

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