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'Gator goes walkin'; hit by family car
Found along Highway 288
Updated: Monday, 15 Aug 2011, 2:48 PM MDT
Published : Monday, 15 Aug 2011, 2:48 PM MDT
PEARLAND, Texas (KXAN) - An alligator disrupted a family's trip Sunday morning as they drove through the city of Pearland, south of Houston, before the sun rose.
A 10-foot long alligator was walking in the outside lane of State Highway 288 when the car collided with the animal, which disabled the vehicle.
Pearland police received a call at 4:45 a.m. that several people were walking along the highway. When they investigated, police officers found the animal and called animal control to remove it.
No word about the family and what police did to help them.
Pearland boasts that it is one of the fastest growing cities in Texas, but it was twice nearly wiped off the map after disastrous hurricanes that hit the area, first in 1900 and again in 1915.
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