A joyriding sheepdog looking to spice up his morning routine crashed his owner's tractor on a busy roadway Wednesday in Abington, Scotland.
STV News reports that farmer Tom Hamilton was tending to lambs in a field, when his collie Don leaned on the controls in the farmer's tractor. Don then veered off of a field, drove over the busy road and crashed into a central divider. Fortunately, no one, including the dog, was hurt.
In the doghouse: Don the Sheepdog who crashed his farmer's tractor on to the M74 motorway http://t.co/HYmuJFmTA7 . pic.twitter.com/Fvb1ATujwu— STV News (@STVNews) April 22, 2015
Update via @STVKaren Scene of the crash on M74 where a dog drove a tractor onto the motorway http://t.co/D3Hb9MD8NM pic.twitter.com/De5q4LnhEt— STV News (@STVNews) April 22, 2015
"I was out in the mini tractor and had stepped out of it to get a lamb which looked like it was about to get out of the gate," Hamilton tells STV News. "I had not put the brake on the tractor and when I turned round I got a fright as the vehicle was careering down the hill, through a gate and onto the M74."
Despite Don's bout of vehicular excitement, there were no serious delays reported. Still, Scottish traffic reporters had a bit of fun with the news.
#M74 (N) J13-RTC due to dog taking control of tractor... nope, not joking. Farmer&police at scene,vehicle in central res. #maycausetailbacks— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) April 22, 2015
#M74 (N) at J13 - Route is CLEAR from earlier incident & dog is fine. Has to be the weirdest thing we have ever reported! No delays in area— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) April 22, 2015