Augusta, GA
Woman redirects traffic to save huge alligator on roadway
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT/Gray News) – A Georgia woman stopped on her way home to help an alligator in the roadway.
Angel Benson says she was driving along Doug Barnard Parkway in Augusta on her way home Saturday afternoon when she saw a huge alligator in the road, as vehicles were traveling in its path, WRDW reports.
Benson 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,” Benson said.
She shared the photos she took with WRDW.
According to DNR, alligators are typically found along and south of the fall line in Georgia, which connects the cities of Columbus, Macon and Augusta. The line is the prehistoric Atlantic coastline.
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