9-yr-old Canadian boy reports mother for drunk driving to cops

A nine-year-old boy in Canada telephoned police after realising his mother was driving the vehicle under the influence of alcohol and got her charged with violating law, according to a media report.
Police are calling the boy a "hero" after he called 911 to report his 52-year-old mother for drunk driving in Ontario while he was in the car screaming.
Police received a call just from a mobile phone but were unable to make contact. The operator immediately called back then the boy told that he was in a van with his mother who was drinking and driving. The boy told his name, age, description of the van and where it was heading.

"It is amazing, he is a hero. All the work we do to educate on drinking and driving... Clearly it is getting through to somebody. What's great is clearly the child knew the right decision to be making and not the parent in this case," York Regional Police Constable Andy Pattenden was quoted by National Post as saying.
The boy's mother, who Pattenden said was aware of the phone call, eventually took the phone from the boy and told the operator she had only had one drink and she was fine.
The van was chased by the police and the woman was taken to police headquarters where her blood alcohol level was allegedly found to be over twice the legal limit.

The mother was charged with impaired driving and over 80.
Pattenden said he has never seen a similar case where a child has had to report a parent, but his message from police remains the same.