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Boy Crashes Pickup into Car During Farm Work in Central Indiana

Posted on Nov 26, 2011

A Madison County man will likely face charges after allowing a young relative to drive a pickup truck and lying to police about who was driving. The boy, who was helping his father's cousin with farm work, crashed into a sedan and injured two people.

According to the Chicago Tribune, a 12-year-old Anderson boy was behind the wheel of a pickup truck and trailing a relative driving a grain truck when he turned into the path of a car carrying a grandmother and her grandchildren. The driver of the car, 65-year-old Tonya Lucas, and her 10-year-old granddaughter Isabella Krompack both suffered injuries in the crash.

Because the driver of the grain truck, Brian Conrad of Anderson, initially lied to police about who was driving the pickup truck, he will likely face charges of false information, criminal recklessness, neglect, and allowing an unauthorized person to drive his car. The boy, who was shaken by the crash, will not face charges in relation to the Indiana vehicle accident.

Many rural Indiana farmers allow children without valid driver's licenses to operate vehicles and farm machinery, especially during the harvest. Conrad told police that children had often driven between fields in his family farm - but that the practice would stop.