WHEELS OF THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND

I love the name of this Arkansas town.

A Dumas, Ark., boy led police on a chase through three counties and four towns after he stole ... a school bus.


School officials alerted State Police of the stolen vehicle after spotting its lights around 11 p.m. Friday as it left the bus yard.

The 10-year-old was able to elude police along U.S. Route 65 through Desha, Lincoln and Jefferson counties despite road spikes being set up to slow down the bus.

He missed them all, each and every one.

Nearly 44 miles later, the boy slowed down enough for police to make the stop. That's when authorities discovered the driver was a child. He was cuffed, taken into custody and later released to his parents.

Turns out the kid was caught on tape trying to pull the same prank last month in Little Rock.

Dumas: Leave off the last "S" for stupid. (Yes, I know dumb is not spelled d-u-m)

See the incident:


Photo by Adrian S.

TAKING IT ON THE CHIN (AND THE BACK)

I was less than amused.

A roller coaster in Arkansas got stuck 150 feet in the air, upside down, after a power outage. Its passengers were precariously dangling like droplets of water on a high-tension wire during a good rain.

I can imagine the horror the riders must have felt as blood rushed to the top of their heads. Being upside down on one of those rides for a second or two is bad enough, but to hang for 30 minutes waiting to be rescued ... agh!



I remember one summer taking my kids to a water park and there was insufficient power to pump the water down the slides. As excited kids came swooping down, you could see the anguish on their faces as their skin stuck to the slides once the mats stopped short and threw them off on their own. Some had slide rash so bad, their backs were bleeding.

Needless to say, we asked for our money back and left before the kiddies got a chance to go on.

Summer's here. Have fun, but be careful out there!