'Now they're driving for real'
The Youth Power Wheels Demo saw children in small, battery-powered cars crashing and bumping into one another with full permission.
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Children’s faces showed all the excitement of being allowed to ‘crash’ into one another. No participants were hurt during the micro-sized crash-up derby.
Some children had bigger ‘cars’ than others but that didn’t stop them from having a great time and charging each other.
Smiles were abundant as the children enjoyed going at each other. While the vehicles didn’t speed along too dangerously, the drivers seemed satisfied with the event.
Children sported fun helmets to keep themselves safe while bonking into one another’s vehicles.
MOSES LAKE — The Youth Power Wheels Demo Wednesday gave children the opportunity to ram, crash and bump each other in small battery-operated cars, bringing smiles onto the faces of everyone involved.
Brothers Barrett and Grady Hopkins, 7 and 4 years old respectively, participated in the Youth Power Wheels Demo.
“‘Cuz I like crashing,” Barrett said on why he wanted to do the Youth Power Wheels Demo.
The children had seven minutes to go wild and ram into the other children’s cars.
Sharlene Hopkins, the boys’ mom, said that they live in Moses Lake and that coming to the demolition derby is a tradition for their family.
“It was a lot of fun,” Sharlene said. “They're just kids who like to drive cars, they like anything fast.”
The Youth Power Wheels Demo usually includes balloons taped to the side of the cars for kids to pop but was not included this year.
“They were kind of expecting balloons to be on (the cars),” Sharlene and her husband, Aaron, said. “We trained them at home to not run into each other, to go for the balloons. They were like “We’re supposed to hit them now? That's okay?’”
No children were injured during the pint-sized crash-up derby which saw participants smiling as they smashed into one another’s mini vehicles.
Rebecca Pettingill may be reached at rpettingill@columbiabasinherald.com.
