He was just hanging out!
A koala crashed six cars as it ran down one of Australia’s busiest highways on Monday – and drivers reportedly had to come to the rescue of the marsupial.
A man whose car was hit from behind at around 7am causing a chain reaction was the first to get out of his car to rescue the cuddly creature, Guardian Australia reported.
Another driver, Nadia Tugwell, told ABC Radio Adelaide that she later saw the furry devil moving between vehicles on the highway, not far from the pile.
“Then I saw a lady running after it with a blanket to catch it,” she recalls.
The two women managed to corner the koala and tied it in a coat before stopping it in the back of Tugwell’s car.
Tugwell, who had previously rescued other animals from the local roads, arranged for the Adelaide Koala Rescue Center to meet her at a nearby gas station.
While she waited for the rescuers, the cuddly creature felt comfortable in her car – and even jumped behind the wheel, photos showed.
“I was sitting there enjoying myself, but I had to jump out of the car at that point when he decided to take over,” Tugwell told Guardian Australia.
An attendant of the koala rescue was eventually able to maneuver the marsupial into a bag.
“He was actually quite a calm koala, he didn’t even argue about being in the bag, he was just calm and went into the basket,” said Tugwell.
Ann Bigham, a volunteer at the rescue, told ABC that the koala came out of the ordeal “ scot-free. ”
The animal was released into the wild less than a mile from the highway.
“The koala was in very good condition, he was lucky not to have been hit at all, and the rescue workers kept him safe,” said Bigham.