A Gillette man was arrested in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday after he allegedly made his 9-year-old son serve as his designated driver. 31 year old Nathan Sikkenga and his wife reportedly told their child to take the wheel of a minivan because they were too inebriated to drive themselves, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. The child then crashed the van into a security gate arm after he reportedly mistook the gas pedal for the brake pedal. When a sheriff’s deputy who witnessed the crash approached Sikkenga, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, Sikkenga reportedly told him that both he and his wife were drunk and had instructed the child to drive. Sikkenga was charged with felony child endangerment and was let out on bond. The police report did not detail why the mother was not arrested as well.
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