Boy, 8, on joy ride for a cheeseburger

An eight-year-old American boy drove his father's van to a McDonald's because he just had to have a cheeseburger.

The Ohio boy said he learned to drive by watching YouTube videos, the Weirton Daily Times reported on Sunday evening's adventure.

The child, at the wheel with his four-year-old sister riding shotgun, drove for about a mile and a half, stopping at red lights and letting traffic pass before he executed a left turn into the McDonald's in East Palestine, eastern Ohio.

The parents were home asleep. Police were alerted by people who saw the boy driving through town. When he pulled up to the drive-through window at the burger joint, employees thought it was all a joke.

The kids' grandparents were called to take them to the police station, and in the meantime they got a meal of cheeseburger.