A boy of elementary school age started his father's car at a gas station and steered it head-on through a glass facade into the sales room.
The father had filled up the tank and left his son alone in the car for a moment to pay at the gas station shop, as a police spokesman described.
"Whichever way he did it, the son started the car, which then completely broke through the facade."
Bochum - The vehicle came to a stop in the middle of the sales area.
The boy - his exact age was not known to the police at first - was uninjured, as was the father.
The cashier had to be treated on an outpatient basis because of a shock.
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