Way to go , Tonka

An unnamed three year old Canadian kid went for the ride of his lfe recently , though not in a way that would  be recommended for other kids. Out celebrating his birthday in a play park , his parents left him happily riding around on his brand new truck and playing with other members of his family.

Somehow he manged to esacpe , and was next spotted floating down a local river  , still quite happily sitting on his truck , some tweleve kilometres ( just under eight miles ) away near Fort St John , British Columbia , apparently oblivious to his surroundings.

Apparently , he was very excited to see the local police , according to the RCMP , and was duly rescued and returned to very surprised and relieved parents . Perhaps most important from his point of view  was that the truck was also rescued unharmed 

All that was missing was a fireman and a builder really !