The incident occurred on Tuesday, April 29. According to the information provided by the Law Enforcement Agency in Alabama, part of the Inter -Stock Highway No. 85 near Tuskegee, about 64 km east of Montgomery, was closed due to pursuit of the fleeing Kangaroo.
The escaping kangaroo blocked the highway. “I thought it was a deer”
“The law enforcement agency in Alabama is investigating an accident involving a kangaroo – such a header is unlikely to see every day” – the services on their social media profile wrote. “On Tuesday, April 29, around 11:50 there was a collision of two vehicles in which he took part in the kangaroo” – we read further in the announcement.
The agency informed on its Facebook profile that the animal was not injured as a result of the incident and has already been captured.
The sheriff of Macon, Andre Brunson, admitted that he initially did not believe the information about the presence of a kangaroo on the highway. During live broadcast on Facebook, when the animal was caught, Brunson noticed that in their region they meet with various unusual situations.
– When someone said it was a kangaroo, of course I didn't believe and nobody believed it. But then I saw him – said the sheriff.
One of the witnesses of the incident was Austin Price, who recorded a film showing the animal jumping on the highway. The man admitted in an interview with the AP agency that he had to think for a while whether this was not a prediction.
– I heard my grandmother shouting: “Is it a kangaroo?” Price said and admitted that he assumed that it was probably a deer until he saw the animal himself.
Sheriff Andre Brunso published a second recording, which shows Kangaroo moving slowly along the hill by the road, just after he was given a sedative. In the further part you can see how the man moves them to the car.
Sheila returned home safely
The owner of the animal, Patrick Starr, said that Kangaroo's name is Sheila. The Starr family runs a pumpkin and zoo farm, but Sheila is their home pet.
Starr announced that the animal returned home safely. She got up. It is no longer under the influence of sedatives. Eats. He drinks She is not injured – he said in an interview with the AP agency.
