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An unnamed man in Riverside, Ohio, bought a used Pontiac G8 GT, and took the high performance car — with his two children — for a ride in a parking lot, doing donuts. While executing high speed turns, police say, he lost control of the vehicle and slammed into the concrete pedestal of a light pole, hard enough to knock it over. The three were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries, and the man was cited for reckless operation. (MS/WHIO Dayton) ...When your lesson could start with “hold my beer and watch this,” it may not be the right one to teach your kids.
Original Publication Date: 20 January 2019
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 25.

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