Publication Date:
Mon, 2002-02-04 03:00
JEDDAH, 4 February — A cat hiding in a car confused its Saudi driver and caused an accident here in which a child was killed and a woman was injured.
The Saudi was on his way to work early on Friday morning when a cat jumped onto his lap from his car’s back seat.
The man was so shocked that he lost control of his speeding car, which swerved from the middle of the road and crossed the pavement — running over a woman and her seven-year-old son.
The boy was killed on the spot. His mother suffered serious injuries.
The driver was arrested.
Although the cat made the driver lose control of his car, he was responsible because he should not have left his car window open to allow the cat to hide behind his seat, according to a police source.
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