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| Runaway 13-year-old boy drives across Europe | Runaway 13-year-old boy drives across Europe |
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| A 13-year-old runaway boy who took his father's car and drove nearly 1,000km (620 miles) across Europe is being re-united with his family. | A 13-year-old runaway boy who took his father's car and drove nearly 1,000km (620 miles) across Europe is being re-united with his family. |
| The boy fled after a reported row with his parents in Italy. | The boy fled after a reported row with his parents in Italy. |
| Having driven from Italy into Austria, he proceeded to Germany where he was stopped by police after his family had alerted Interpol. | Having driven from Italy into Austria, he proceeded to Germany where he was stopped by police after his family had alerted Interpol. |
| The boy, who had been adopted two years ago, was reportedly heading to his original home country, Poland. | The boy, who had been adopted two years ago, was reportedly heading to his original home country, Poland. |
| The teenager lives in the northern Italian town of Montebelluna. | The teenager lives in the northern Italian town of Montebelluna. |
| After an argument with his adoptive mother - allegedly over a mobile phone payment - the boy, a keen go-cart racer, left on Thursday afternoon. | After an argument with his adoptive mother - allegedly over a mobile phone payment - the boy, a keen go-cart racer, left on Thursday afternoon. |
| And he seems to have been completely confident at the wheel of his father's high-powered Mercedes car. | And he seems to have been completely confident at the wheel of his father's high-powered Mercedes car. |
| His parents say he was probably heading for Poland - he was said to be missing his sister who lives there and to have been in touch with her via the internet, according to Italian media. | His parents say he was probably heading for Poland - he was said to be missing his sister who lives there and to have been in touch with her via the internet, according to Italian media. |
| The car was eventually tracked and stopped near Moisburg, in northern Germany. | |
| Police said it was "incredible" that the boy-driver had managed to cross two international borders and filled up with petrol twice without anyone en route raising the alarm. | Police said it was "incredible" that the boy-driver had managed to cross two international borders and filled up with petrol twice without anyone en route raising the alarm. |
| The teenagers parents are understood to have gone to Germany to bring him home. | The teenagers parents are understood to have gone to Germany to bring him home. |