Florida Highway Patrol troopers rescued more than a dozen cats and dogs after a van crashed on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol troopers helped get 17 animals to safety after a car crashed on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
A Chevrolet van belonging to the nonprofit shelter Friends of Strays was driving at 1:17 p.m. Wednesday on northbound I-275 when a mechanical issue occurred, according to a crash report.
This caused the van to rotate and enter the shoulder before hitting a concrete barrier wall.
The driver wasn’t injured, but the passenger might have been, according to the report. All the cats and dogs are safe and back with the Friends of Strays.