Cop Crashed Cruiser Into Ditch After This Owl Attacked His Head

[jakeXT]

Covington Police Department Officer Lance Benjamin was on patrol in the city early Thursday when he felt something fly in and hit his face, according to The Times-Picayune.

...

"Officer Benjamin suffered minor scratches and will probably need a new uniform shirt (and maybe pants)," he said in the post.

...

Birds have caused some trouble behind the wheel before. A man who crashed his car into a utility pole near Seattle in February blamed his accident on owl watching.

And a woman who smashed her car into a guardrail in Pennsylvania in April said her coffee-drinking pet parrot distracted her.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/owl-cruiser-crashed-louisiana_567faedde4b06fa68880533e

[marble falls]

1. Please tell me the cop did not shoot the owl.

[jakeXT]

2. Benjamin opened the passenger-side window after getting out of the cruiser. The bird eventually flew

out 45 minutes later, according to Sky News.

[marble falls]

3. Thanks.

[LiberalEsto]

4. I owlready posted this in the DU Lounge