8-Year-Old Hurt When Car Crashes While Child Is Steering It

WHITEHALL, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old child is hospitalized with serious injuries after a car crashed as the child steered the vehicle while sitting on a New York man’s lap.
State police say 36-year-old Brett Reynolds, of Whitehall, took his mother’s car late Tuesday and allowed the child to steer while Reynolds worked the pedals.
Troopers say the child suffered a fractured arm and rib, a punctured lung and head injuries when the car hit an embankment and then a