Is This The World’s Luckiest Cat? Kitty Survives Motorway Smash Plus Two Weeks In The Wild
This cute kitty might just be the world’s luckiest cat.
After being thrown from a car in a motorway smash, Bengal tabby Bruno was missing for two weeks.
As his injured owner tried to track his lost cat down, Bruno survived in the wild - before a passing motorist came to his aid.
Bruno was in a cat carrier in the passenger seat of his owner Hussein Sharaf’s Seat Ibiza when it skidded into the central reservation and overturned.
The five-month-old kitten was thrown from the vehicle through a shattered window and couldn’t be found at the crash site, leaving his owner fearing the worst.
Hussein, 22, was rushed to hospital and released that day, following treatment for whiplash, cuts and bruises after the rush-hour crash on April 22.
Hussein stuck up missing posters near the accident site on the M4, in Swindon, Wiltshire, as well as posting online, but after two weeks with no news he began to lose hope.
Cat-itude: Bruno still has seven of his nine lives in tact (SWNS)
Amazingly, the search came to a happy ending on Wednesday evening when the cute kitten was spotted near the crash site by eagle-eyed driver Lee Palmer.
Bruno has now been reunited with Hussein in London, and the software developer is still coming to terms with his good fortune.
He said: “I can’t put it into words. I had lost hope and to hear that he was OK made me so excited. I am so grateful to Lee for finding him, he has made me so happy again.
"I just fell to my knees and cuddled him when I saw him, there were tears of joy, I was starting to lose hope and now he’s back with me, I believe it is a miracle.
"He hasn’t left my side since he’s been home, he’s been constantly purring and he’s so happy to be back with me.”
Wreckage: Hussein’s car after the motorway smash (SWNS)
Lee, of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, had been looking out for Bruno, and immediately sped into action when he saw the small tabby running out of some bushes.
He said: “I knew it was him and he was heading for lane one. I immediately swung into the hard shoulder - I wasn’t going to let him run out into the road during rush hour. I knelt down and called his name.
"He was a bit wary, but when he heard his name he started yapping away, and nuzzling me. I think he was just relieved he had been found.
"He was skin and bone when I picked him up. It’s obvious he hadn’t eaten so I got him some pouches which he wolfed down. The fact he’s managed to survive is absolutely incredible. He’s so resilient.”
