Oct. 21 (UPI) — A driver on a South African road captured video of the moment a lion escaped from a transport truck’s roof hatch and made a flying leap to temporary freedom.<\/p>\n
A video circulated on social media<\/a> Monday shows the lion riding atop the trailer after managing to escape through a roof hatch on the R49 road near Bakerville, between Lichtenburg and Zeerust.\n<\/p>\n The truck pulls over to the side of the road and the lion leaps from atop the truck, lands next to the pavement and walks onto the road.<\/p>\n Anton Nel, a veterinarian with the Lichtenburg Animal Hospital, said the lion was in transit to<\/a> a game farm in Nietverdiend when it escaped.<\/p>\n Nel said the lion was still under the influence of the tranquilizer it had been given prior to transport when he and other responders located it in the grass under a tree.<\/p>\n The lion was darted and safely loaded for transport to the game farm. Nel said he examined the big cat and found it had a ripped nail and minor scrapes, but no serious injuries.<\/p>\n