Augusta, GA
‘See ya later, alligator’: Woman redirects traffic to save reptile on Augusta roadway
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – There was more than just vehicles on Doug Barnard Parkway on Saturday afternoon.
Angel Benson says she was driving along the parkway, on her way home, when she saw a huge alligator in the road as vehicles were traveling in its path.
Benson tells us she parked her car behind the alligator, called law enforcement, and stayed on the scene to warn drivers until staff from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources arrived.
“We walk the swamp a good bit so making sure he didn’t get hurt was the least we could do,” said Benson.
Benson shared the photos she took with News 12.
According to DNR, in Georgia, alligators are typically found along and south of the Fall Line, which connects the cities of Columbus, Macon and Augusta. The Fall Line is the prehistoric Atlantic coastline.
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