OMRO, Wis. — The candy-apple red Mustang GT is just a toy, but that didn't stop 3-year-old Jordan Will from taking his battery-operated wheels for a brief ride along a busy stretch of highway.

Drivers stopped and neighbors chased down the car until an officer could pull over Jordan and his 2-year-old passenger on Sunday.

"Nothing bad happened, so it's kind of cute now when you look at it," said his father, Doug Will. "But at the time, it wasn't cute at all. It was scary. I was really upset."

The Mustang is decked out with all the extras: a rear spoiler, a premium sound system and chrome wheels.

The boys drove the tricked-out ride through their Omro neighborhood and pulled up to a busy intersection.

"He even obeyed the signs, so that was good. He stopped at the red light and got on the cross walk," said neighbor Jaci Bauer.

Another neighbor, Jason Bauer, panicked when he saw the boys cross over a highway, onto a sidewalk and over a bridge. He gave chase for a few blocks until an officer pulled the boys over.

"By the time we stopped them, they probably made it five or six blocks from home before anyone even noticed they had been wandering around town," Jason Bauer said.

Doug Will had been searching for the boys when he got the call to come get the car.

"He just said, 'We went for a ride, daddy,"' Will said.

All Jordan can do now is sit in the little car. His father has taken away the keys and removed the battery.

Officers said Jordan's dad won't be cited.

Omro is in east-central Wisconsin, about 10 miles west of Oshkosh.

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I am just glad they did not get hurt!

dang. bad idea for a child's toy, perhaps?

Daddy is VERY lucky! No injury to babyboy AND no DSS investigation??? Very lucky indeed!

SisterGirl said:

M'Gosh!

Why weren't the parents watching him in the first place? As their driveway doesn't open onto a highway, and the child got away such a far distance to get onto the highway, is weird to me.
You can never even look away for 2 minutes when it comes to children.
[Edited 10/12/07 14:50pm]

How do things like this happen? When I am out I barely let go of my son's hand, let alone let him out of my sight. When he is in the apartment the doors are locked and he can't get out.

The kid was 3...where the hell was the dad when he got in the toy car and took off?
[Edited 10/12/07 14:55pm]

SisterGirl said:

It's a miracle they didn't get hurt.

Wisconsin seems to be starring in the news lately.

JustErin said:

That's exactly what I am saying! and he has the audacity to say "Nothing bad happened, so it's kind of cute now when you look at it," said his father. Makes me sick to my stomach.

Dad was asleep in his bedroom with two young children running around the house doors unlocked.....he is sooo lucky social workers haven't charged him, I would have, the nieghbors child could have died along with his own child. What a dumb move!

paintedlady said:

I am surprised that is the end of it.

Guess dad will (hopefully) think twice before taking those mid afternoon naps while on babysitting duty.....I hope mom put her foot up his a$$!

paintedlady said:

Let's pray it doesn't happen again, but I have a gut feeling as he took it so lightly (well as it was portrayed in the news story) chances it happening again could be very possible.