Boy, 9, hospitalized in Tennessee after crashing car

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities in Clarksville say a 9-year-old boy has been hospitalized after a car he was driving crashed.

Media outlets report the accident occurred Sunday morning.

Clarksville police said in a statement that the boy got into a car belonging to his mother’s friend and started driving it. The car crashed and the boy was ejected. He was flown to a Nashville hospital. Police say the severity of his injuries weren’t immediately available.

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