AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy took off in the family's ute and reached speeds of up to 100km/h because his mum wouldn't let him have a pet duck.

Weekly Times Now reports the boy, who was from a farm between West Wyalong and Grenfell in the Central West region of New South Wales, finally stopped after getting two flat tyres.

West Wyalong Sgt Ken Dale said the boy's mother phoned police and followed her son as he drove on a public road.

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Originally published as Boy drove at 100km/h after duck fight