A 13-year-old runaway boy who
took his father's car and drove
nearly 1,000km (620 miles) across
Europe is being re-united with his
family. The boy fled after a reported row with
his parents in Italy. Having driven from Italy into Austria,
he proceeded to Germany where he
was stopped by police after his family
had alerted Interpol. The boy, who had been adopted two
years ago, was reportedly heading to
his original home country, Poland. The teenager lives in the northern
Italian town of Montebelluna. After an argument with his adoptive
mother - allegedly over a mobile
phone payment - the boy, a keen go-
cart racer, left on Thursday afternoon. And he seems to have been
completely confident at the wheel of
his father's high-powered Mercedes
car. The boy was said to be comfortable
behind the wheel His parents say he was probably
heading for Poland - he was said to be
missing his sister who lives there and
to have been in touch with her via the
internet, according to Italian media. The car was eventually tracked and
stopped near Moisburg, in northern
Germany. Police said it was "incredible" that the
boy-driver had managed to cross two
international borders and filled up
with petrol twice without anyone en
route raising the alarm. The teenager's parents are
understood to have gone to Germany
to bring him home. A 13-year-old runaway boy who
took his father's car and drove
nearly 1,000km (620 miles) across
Europe is being re-united with his
family. The boy fled after a reported row with
his parents in Italy. Having driven from Italy into Austria,
he proceeded to Germany where he
was stopped by police after his family
had alerted Interpol. The boy, who had been adopted two
years ago, was reportedly heading to
his original home country, Poland. The teenager lives in the northern
Italian town of Montebelluna. After an argument with his adoptive
mother - allegedly over a mobile
phone payment - the boy, a keen go-
cart racer, left on Thursday afternoon. And he seems to have been
completely confident at the wheel of
his father's high-powered Mercedes
car. The boy was said to be comfortable
behind the wheel His parents say he was probably
heading for Poland - he was said to be
missing his sister who lives there and
to have been in touch with her via the
internet, according to Italian media. The car was eventually tracked and
stopped near Moisburg, in northern
Germany. Police said it was "incredible" that the
boy-driver had managed to cross two
international borders and filled up
with petrol twice without anyone en
route raising the alarm. The teenager's parents are
understood to have gone to Germany
to bring him home.
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