Last week, a 7-year-old child from Ohio severely intimidated his parents and many drivers when he drove a few minutes in his parents ’car on the road.

Calls to 911 dispatchers began arriving shortly after 8:30 p.m.

“The boy was driving in the wrong direction, a small child in a red Kia,” said one of the callers to the emergency dispatcher.

“He just crashed into another car,” said another.

The video from the camera shows 7-year-old Daniel Wittenbach driving his parents’ SUV for a few minutes. He climbs into the vehicle, starts it, fastens his seat belt and adjusts the settings before driving.

Barely touching the pedals and with the car radio turned on loudly, it spins on the road, around objects and sometimes in the wrong direction.

Witnesses described a 7-year-old boy driving in the Middletown area, crossing an intersection and driving incorrectly on the road, causing him to crash into a jeep. The driver was able to get out of his jeep before he hit.

The boy, who turned 7 last week, thought that “the car was driving by itself.”

He said he took the keys from his parents while they slept and used a chair to get to them.

His parents later asked him where he was trying to go.

“His only response was,‘ I just wanted a slash from Speedway, ’” Daniel’s dad Brian Wittenbach said. “He was definitely scared. He did not understand that people were trying to help and stop the vehicle. “

When Middleton police showed up at Wittenbach’s house minutes from the crash site, Brian and Alyosha Wittenbach were still asleep.

“My wife and I are good parents, and I am sure that people will stick to us like that. It can happen to anyone, ”Brian Wittenbach said.

The family said they appreciate all the strangers who rushed into action to try to stop their car and save their son.

“It scared me a lot, and I’m just grateful he’s alive,” said Brian Wittenbach.

Daniel was taken to hospital and watched for several hours, then released.

Butler County Child Protection is investigating the incident.