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10-year-old apparently runs over brother in stolen car

ROSCOMMON, Mich. - Authorities say a 9-year-old boy was hospitalized after his 10-year-old brother apparently ran him over with a stolen car in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula.

CBS Detroit reports the Roscommon County sheriff's department responded early Sunday after a woman called to report her sons had broken into a car dealership and driven cars in the lot.

Deputies responded to the scene and found the brothers, who reportedly admitted to driving the cars. After observing several vehicles with damage, deputies contacted the business owner and turned the boys over to their parents.

But deputies were called to the boys' home several hours later after the 9-year-old got pinned under a car. Deputies say the boys returned to the Roscommon dealership, stole cars from the lot and drove around Roscommon.

Witnesses told police they saw the boys driving around the area and crashing the vehicles into each other.

It appears the younger boy got his vehicle stuck in a snow bank, at which time he was struck and pinned underneath the vehicle driven by his older brother, according to reports.

The boy was freed and airlifted to a Flint hospital. His current condition is unknown.

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