When a brother and sister struck a coyote at 75mph they assumed they had killed the animal and drove on.
Wily coyote: The animal’s head can be seen as rescuers took apart the front fender to save it after it was struck by the car at 75mph
‘We knew it was bad’: Tevyn East, who was in the car when it hit the coyote, bends down to take a look at the fur poking through the fender
And – as if to prove the point – the wily coyote later escaped from where it was being kept to recover.
Fur Pete’s sake: What Mr East spotted as he bent down to inspect the damage to his car – the body of the coyote poking out through the radiator
Miracle escape: As the animal struggled, wildlife protection officials put a loop around its neck to prevent it from further injuring itself
But it was only when they finally reached their destination at 9am did they take time to examine what damage they may have sustained.
The front of the car is completely taken apart as the coyote begins to wriggle free
And voila! Tricky the toughest coyote ever rests in a cage after its ordeal – which it survived with just some scrapes to its paw