Ontario Provincial Police located two children, aged 9 and 11, after a vehicle crashed into a cornfield in Laurentian Valley Township early Oct. 12.
At approximately 2:50 a.m., an officer on foot in west Pembroke heard a vehicle performing burnouts and alerted nearby police units. Officers located the vehicle on Jean Avenue and attempted to stop it, but it fled. Police did not pursue.
The vehicle was later discovered off the road in a cornfield near the intersection of Jean Avenue and TV Tower Road. It had been abandoned, prompting officers to deploy the OPP canine unit to search for those involved.
About an hour later, police found the two children nearby. Neither was injured, and the vehicle was towed from the field.
Investigators determined the children had taken the vehicle without an adult’s knowledge or permission. They were returned to their parents, and no charges will be laid because both are below the age of criminal responsibility.