A 13-year-old Beijing boy stole a city bus when its driver stopped for a bathroom break, going on a wild joyride that left a trail of smashed cars and other damage, state media said last Monday.
The incident began when a bus driver returned from the bathroom in eastern Beijing to find his bus gone, Xinhua news agency said.
The vehicle had been driven off by the 13-year-old, who drove through traffic, crashing into two cars on the road and about 10 parked vehicles, and knocked down two electricity poles, it said.
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No one was injured in the incident.
“It was like watching a movie when I saw the bus crashing into cars like a bulldozer,” Xinhua quoted a man surnamed Liu as saying.
“I threw my canteen and ran for my life.”
Passers-by eventually kicked the bus door open and seized the boy.
“He was thin...and trembling, but did not say a word,” said a man surnamed Chen, who helped stop the bus.(AFP)
中國官方媒體上週一報導，北京市一名十三歲男孩趁一名市公車駕駛停車上廁所時偷走公車，然後開著公車狂飆，造成連環車禍及其他損害。
新華社報導，這起事件發生在北京市東區，一名公車司機從廁所出來後就發現他的公車不見了。
報導指出，這輛公車被一名十三歲的男孩開走，他開著公車穿梭於車陣間，撞上兩輛行進中的車和約十輛停靠在路旁的車，還撞倒兩根電線杆。
所幸這起事件中無人受傷。
新華社引述一名劉姓男子的話：「我看到那輛公車像一台推土機一樣撞上其他車輛，就像是在看電影一樣。」
「我拋下水壺逃命。」
最後路人踢開公車門捉住這個男孩。
一位幫忙攔下這輛公車的陳先生說：「他很瘦弱…還在發抖，但他一句話也沒說。」
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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