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CARROLLTON, Ill. -- A toddler in Illinois apparently isn't interested in taking baby steps when it comes to driving.
Police said the boy, who will turn 2 next month, worked his way into the driver's seat of his mother's van when she went into a convenience store. She left the engine running and her child in his safety seat.
Vicki Evans of Carrollton said she glanced outside and saw her van crossing the road. She took off after it. The van ran through a car-wash bay and two panels of fencing before hitting the side of a house.
Evans' son was in the front seat, unhurt.
The toddler was too short to reach the gas pedal, so police said the van must have just coasted after he got in to drive.
No citations were issued.
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