911 Audio: 5-Year-Old Girl Tries to Drive Lincoln Navigator to Look for Her Mother
- Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:30pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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This probably isn’t the type of call 9-1-1 dispatchers hear everyday. A 5-year-old girl grew tired of waiting for her mother to arrive home on Wednesday and decided to take matters into her own hands by grabbing the keys to family’s Lincoln Navigator. Little Ameleah hopped into the over-sized SUV and somehow managed to shift the car into reverse. It wasn‘t until she realized that she couldn’t reach the brake or gas pedals that the vehicle rolled down the driveway and into the neighbor’s yard. Luckily, Ameleah managed to exit the SUV and run back into the house, where she called 9-1-1.
Fox News adds:
In the call with emergency operator, Ameleah first tried to avoid telling the woman on the other end of the line that she was the one who took the car out, because she was nervous that her mom was going to be ‘pissed’ at her.
As it turns out, Ameleah’s mother had been rushed to the hospital earlier in the day; her father didn’t get the message that he was supposed to pick his daughter up from school.
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Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:21pmOkay a few questions. 1) How’s mommy doing? 2) Did daddy finally come and pick up the little angel? 3) Did the neighbors notice the SUV in their yard? 4) From the pictures of the house, must be nice to own a Lincoln Navigator? I’m glad the little girl finally figured out to call 911, and get help.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:17amHey KUDOS to the 911 operator! Too cute and too sweet!
Report Post »rclutts
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:45pmWhen I was four or five my dad fell asleep while watching me so I walked a quarter of a mile to where my mom worked, it was a small town so at least there wasn’t a high chance of me getting hit by a car.
Report Post »fiferrose
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 12:45pmA couple of articles I read said that she got off the school bus. I drive a school bus. Where I work, we never leave a kindergartner without seeing a parent or guardian.We are also very careful with all elementary students. If indeed she did get off a school bus, the school bus driver here should have known better. If I were the parent, I would be looking into transportation’s policy and go after the school.Thank God nothing more serious happened.
Report Post »Col. HawK
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 12:38amThat is too cute…she sounds like a little angel…. :)
Report Post »M100Spiral
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 12:06amI needed a good laugh, and I got it right here!!!
Report Post »eric55
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:56pmIf she lives in a communist liberal town the girl will probably be arrested and charged with a felony
Report Post »EchoHawk
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:25pmWhile it’s only a misdemeanor if some drunken conservative has the brilliant plan to have a nine year old drive his capitalist arse to the store.
Report Post »manster35
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:26pmWhat a smart girl. At least she was not trying to drive a GM or Dodge, she had taste enough to make her first drive in a FORD.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:07amWhen my 21 year old special needs son was 5 or 6, he asked me to go to Walmart and buy him gummy bears. I told him no. We lived in a shot gun apartment (you came in the living room, then through his room, my room – which had the bathroom off to the side – and then the kitchen). I was in the kitchen doing dishes, and it got real quiet…you know, how you just KNOW something is wrong? I went to the living room and couldn’t find him. I worked back, looking closer, and still couldn’t find him. He had grabbed the keys to my Chevy Cheyenne work truck, walked down 16 stairs to the ground floor and out to the parking area and had the key in the door of the truck. Problem was he had the house key. If he had opened the door, I have no question in my mind that he would have started it, put it in reverse and backed right into the building.
Report Post »UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:24pmI find it interesting that the kid decided to take the car, but never called her Dad…
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:35pmAnd, how did she get home… into the house… from school?
Report Post »ComradeAdam
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:04pm@Lukerw- If the normal routine was her parents picking her up from school, then most likely, she lived close enough to the school to not be on the bus route. Normally the elementary school bus routes are assigned to pick up students that live farther than about 1 mile.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 11:20amHer dad doesn’t live with them.She may not have known his work number,Doesn’t soound like it woould have mattered anyway.The mother called and didn’t get through to him either.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:07pmBless her heart, she did a dangerous thing, but who could be mad at her for wanting to find her mommy?
I think, I would tell her for the future, if mommy or daddy aren‘t home and you get worried to go to a neighbor’s home.
Report Post »Jasgent
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:30pmwhat a great job that 911 operator did
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:30pmok considering i did the same thing with my dads cougar, i gotta laugh..course this was 30 yrs ago..lol im glad shes ok
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:28pmNo one is saying where the mother was! Anybody???
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:54pmhospital emergency room
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:17pmNo kidding…why don’t you try actually reading the article, ZCat?
Report Post »Spendstop
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:46pmI have a question. They reported she could not reach the brake or gas pedal. A fancy machine like that, I am sure has the relay interlock that will not allow the vehicle to be put in gear without the brake pedal depressed.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:17pmOr maybe not?
Report Post »MMR
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:38pmI need the police to pull the car back or my mom will be pissed at me.
Who could stay mad at a little girl after tha comment?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:32pmPersonally, I detest kids who scream: “I want my Mommy”! Of course, it is the fault of the Parents!!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:21pm.
I need a tissue.
9-1-1 whats your emergency? My mom is gonna be pissed at me……..LMAO……
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 11:23amYou aren’t alone.Shes very articulate and calm for a five year old.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:59pmLook at the newest viral film. A NYer got mad at a Meter Maid and so took his concrete saw and cut through the meter… Hillarious: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/oct/crazy_cuts_meter.html
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:45pmIf she had a couple more years and I would have to say, Like a Boss.
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