Road row

In Germany a row between father and son resulted in the father stopping and leaving his teenage son by the roadside. The man had collected his teenage son from a summer camp but following the row, drove off leaving his son with just €5 to pay for the 300km journey home.
February 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
In Germany a row between father and son resulted in the father stopping and leaving his teenage son by the roadside. The man had collected his teenage son from a summer camp but following the row, drove off leaving his son with just €5 to pay for the 300km journey home. Police took the boy to a police station and called the father, who eventually agreed to return for his son.

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