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Viral Video: Child Crashes, Rolls Huge Volvo Truck -- Remotely

  • by: Alan Duke
  • (Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:51:45 Z)

Four-year-old Sophie was given a remote control linked to a Volvo FMX truck as a test of the 18-ton vehicle's durability. It was impressive. The young girl steers the huge truck around a gravel pit obstacle course, crashing through a building and rolling it down a hill.

It's a sequel to Volvo's 2013 YouTube hit in which a hamster drove a Volvo FMX.

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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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