Hippo jumps from moving truck in Taiwan, startling locals
The driver was quoted as saying that he saw the hippo 'flying out' of the vehicle
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-12-27 19:05 GMT
Taipei: A hippo that panicked while being transported by truck in Taiwan jumped from the vehicle, breaking a leg and causing confused residents to report spotting a dinosaur on the loose.
Television footage showed the enormous animal lying on the road with a white fluid oozing from its eyes after it jumped through a truck window and landed on a parked car before falling onto the road on Friday.
The sound of the collision startled people nearby who flocked to see the animal and contacted the police in central Miaoli county.
One woman was quoted by the United Daily News as saying that she ran out of her house after hearing the crash and thought she saw "a dinosaur" lying on the road.