Escaped kangaroo stops traffic on Virginia highway before rescue

Native police responded Saturday morning after a kangaroo was noticed on a significant freeway in central Virginia.

The Nelson County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned officers have been dispatched to the intersection of Thomas Nelson Freeway and Oak Ridge Street close to the unincorporated neighborhood of Arrington after receiving a report of a kangaroo blocking site visitors.

“You by no means know what you are going to see on a weekend in Nelson County!” the sheriff’s workplace wrote, sharing snowy photographs of the unlikely freeway hopper.

As soon as on the scene, officers rapidly found that the animal was injured. Photographs appeared to indicate blood on the kangaroo’s paws.

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Virginia police responded Saturday morning after a kangaroo was noticed drifting by means of site visitors on a significant freeway. (Nelson County Sheriff’s Workplace)

Officers say officers safely steered the kangaroo off the roadway onto close by personal property earlier than finding the animal’s proprietor.

“When the proprietor arrived, he shot the animal with a tranquilizer dart to subdue the animal,” Nelson County Sheriff Mark Embrey informed Fox Information Digital.

With the assistance of Virginia Conservation Police Officer Andrew Sundra, officers have been in a position to safely seize the injured kangaroo. The animal has been returned to its proprietor and is anticipated to make a full restoration, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.

“The kangaroo has been returned to its proprietor and is anticipated to make a wholesome restoration!” the Nelson County Sheriff’s Workplace wrote. “We wish to thank everybody who assisted our deputies on this very uncommon incident!”

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The animal has been returned to its proprietor and is anticipated to make a full restoration. (Nelson County Sheriff’s Workplace)

Embrey mentioned the feminine kangaroo had escaped from a non-public property a number of miles away after being chased by native looking canines. The canines scared the animal, inflicting it to leap over a fence.

On the time of the escape, the kangaroo was carrying her child, additionally known as a Joey.

“This kangaroo was a feminine and she or he had her child ‘joey’ together with her,” he mentioned. “After leaping the fence, she dropped her child a brief distance from the proprietor’s farm. The feminine kangaroo continued to be pushed by the native looking canines.”

By the point the animal reached the freeway, Embrey mentioned, she had efficiently outrun the canines.

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Embrey mentioned the feminine kangaroo had escaped from a non-public property a number of miles away after being chased by native looking canines. (Nelson County Sheriff’s Workplace)

Hours later, the division leaned into the second with a tongue-in-cheek follow-up.

“We now have already handled one rogue kangaroo in the present day,” the workplace wrote. “Let’s not flip Saturday night time into an outback journey, associates.”

The incident mirrors an identical escape final April, when a runaway kangaroo pressured the closure of an Alabama freeway.

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That animal was later captured by state troopers and its proprietor after it was concerned in a two-vehicle accident.

Fox Information Digital’s Greg Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.