On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeAn 11-year-old boy was hailed as “brave” after he took control of a car in Hong Kong when his father suddenly fainted at the wheel. Seated in the front passenger seat, the boy quickly grabbed the steering wheel in an attempt to stop the car. 11-year-old child steers car for nearly 100 meters after father goes unconscious at wheel in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong ( Sam Kwok )“Movie scene quick thinking by the father and the kid. The boy, Ben Hedger, put the hazard lights on and drove the car across the lanes in Colchester, in Essex.