KLAMATH FALLS -- A six-year-old boy crashed his family's car into several mailboxes before swerving into the eastbound lane of Bristol Avenue near Fargo Street where he crashed head-on into a pickup truck Sunday morning.

Oregon State troopers and Klamath Falls emergency personnel received the call about the accident around 7:15 a.m. and arrived to see the boy in his mother's 1996 Plymouth Voyager.

The boy was alone in the van and told police he was hungry, took a roll of pennies from the home and was headed to go buy food.

The driver of the 1992 Dodge Dakota pickup,Tammy J. Belau, 29, of Klamath Falls, received minor injuries.

The boy's name is not being released because of the ongoing investigation by OSP and the Klamath Falls Area Command office.

The Oregon Department of Human Services – Child Welfare Division is also assisting in the investigation.