A B.C. man was injured earlier this month after an attempt to rescue an injured owl went awry.
According to Chase RCMP, the incident happened after the man pulled over on Squilax-Anglemont Road near the intersection of Holding Road in Lee Creek on Jan. 6.
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Police said the man had spotted an injured owl in the roadway and stopped in the westbound driving lane to pick it up.
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The driver had put the owl in the passenger seat of his Suzuki Swift when another westbound vehicle rear-ended the Suzuki, according to police.
The would-be owl rescuer was still outside his vehicle, and the collision caused the Suzuki to hit him, police said.
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He was transported to hospital in unknown condition, while the driver of the other vehicle was uninjured.
While investigators were assessing the collision, police said the owl woke and flew away.
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