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7 and 4-year-old brothers take parents' car, critically injure woman walking dog in Oakland crash
ABC7 Bay Area • • nation
Key Points:
- Two young brothers, aged 7 and 4, took their parents' car in Oakland and crashed it, critically injuring a woman walking her dog.
- The incident occurred around 9:35 a.m. Thursday at 35th Avenue and Mangels Avenue, near Interstate 580.
- The boys sideswiped an oncoming car before hitting the woman and crashing into a retaining wall.
- The boys' uncle reported they took the car keys while their parents were sleeping; the 7-year-old suffered a broken leg, and the 4-year-old sustained a concussion.
- Both boys and the woman were hospitalized, with the woman in critical condition; police are investigating how the children managed to operate the vehicle.
