Gardaí from Carlow and Kilkenny discover driver just 14-years of age behind wheel of car taken without its owner's permission

A 14-year-old was discovered driving by Gardaí over the weekend.

Roads policing teams from Carlow and Kilkenny noticed a vehicle pulling out of a local premises at approx 11:30pm on Saturday night with no lights on.

It then appeared that the driver wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, had no NCT and the car had been taken without the permission of its owner who had apparently left the keys in the ignition.

In a social media posting, Gardaí say “There were all the ingredients present for a devastating fatal collision, not an accident as people so often say. On this occasion, the dice rolled favourably and the outcomes are manageable.”

Gardaí from Carlow and Kilkenny discover driver just 14-years of age behind wheel of car taken without its owner’s permission

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