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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kangaroo-alabama-highway-crash-rcna203619
Kangaroo causes collision, stops traffic on Alabama highway
A kangaroo hopping along an Alabama highway Tuesday caused a two-vehicle crash and a roadway closure as authorities helped capture it, they said.
The collision on Interstate 85 in Macon County, between Tuskegee and Auburn, was reported just before noon, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement.
No injuries were reported.
Macon County Sheriff André Brunson livestreamed the response, during which he said the kangaroo's caretaker had tranquilized it and was moving in for a second shot.
"I didn't believe it," he said during the livestream. "Nobody believed it. But I'm looking at him. ... A kangaroo, fellas, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Macon County. We see a little bit of everything here."
The kangaroo was captured and carried to a SUV, Brunson's video showed. News organization al.com, citing Brunson, reported the kangaroo belongs to a petting zoo in adjacent Lee County.
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"Y'all did a great job," Brunson said in the video, praising dispatchers for coordinating the effort and tracking down the kangaroo's owner.
Social media video before the capture showed the kangaroo hopping on the highway at a rapid pace.
Alabama Highway Patrol Division troopers, Macon County sheriff's deputies and a conservation enforcement officer were credited with helping nab the marsupial, according to ALEA and Brunson.
"The animal has now been recovered, and the roadway is back open," ALEA said. "The kangaroo was not injured in the crash."
Brunson and a petting zoo in Lee County did not immediately respond to requests for more information.
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