Los Angeles:
Two animal lovers who stopped on a US freeway to rescue a stranded kitten induced a three-vehicle crash — after which misplaced the cat they have been making an attempt to assist.
The couple noticed the stray moggy as they drove east on the CA-91 close to Los Angeles on Wednesday, California Freeway Patrol Officer Javier Navarro stated.
The lady driver received off on the subsequent exit and headed again to seek for the cat, slowing all the way down to 35 miles (56 kilometers) an hour within the carpool lane — the innermost lane.
Once they discovered the animal, the male passenger jumped out and grabbed the kitty, whereas the motive force blocked site visitors, inflicting a queue of automobiles.
“One other automobile comes up behind them and swerves to the left to keep away from rear-ending them, clips the left rear of the final automobile” sending it careering in the direction of the person holding the cat, stated Navarro.
“The motive force of that automobile swerves proper to keep away from the pedestrian, and finally ends up going throughout all lanes and hitting a semi-truck.”
In the meantime, the person holding the cat hopped the center-divider to get out of the trail of the automobile — dropping the animal within the course of.
Three autos have been broken within the incident, although nobody was injured.
And the cat?
“He does not get hit, he does not get harm. He made it throughout on his personal,” stated Navarro.
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