UK Man Surrenders To Police Over Duckling Hit-And-Run Incident
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The distressing images shared on the internet showed the ducklings lying on the road, which sparked numerous posts calling for a criminal inquiry.
A 61-year-old man in the UK handed himself in to police investigating claims three ducklings were “crushed to death” by an impatient van driver as they crossed a road. #UPDATE: A 61-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent was voluntarily interviewed yesterday (22 May) in connection with this incident. Enquiries are ongoing. Selfish cruel idiot pic.twitter.com/uUlQMVSUBs
The Staffordshire Police have been following up on reports that a motorist “could not wait” for a group of seven ducklings to cross a road in the Trentham area last week. Now, in a brief statement, the cops said that the man from Stoke on Trent was “voluntarily interviewed” on Sunday after a witness uploaded images to social media.
Sky News reported that on Friday traffic had stopped to allow a family of ducks to cross the road, however, motorists were left disgusted after a man in a white van allegedly crushed three of seven young birds. The distressing images shared on the internet showed the ducklings lying on the road, which sparked numerous posts calling for a criminal inquiry.
