Stopping on highways to help ducks cross is a hazard: Ontario police

OTTAWA — Ontario provincial police are warning that helping wild animals across the highway creates a hazard for motorists.

Ottawa OPP said they received several 911 calls on Wednesday morning about a pedestrian attempting to remove a family of ducks from Highway 417.

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Investigators said officers weren’t able to find the ducks or the pedestrian when they arrived at the scene.

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Police said drivers should never stop in a live lane if they see animals on the highway, but should call 911 only if they feel that the hazard is an emergency.

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Two people died in June 2010 when a Quebec woman stopped her car to rescue ducklings on the side of a Montreal-area highway.

The woman is appealing a sentence of 90 days and her conviction on two counts of criminal negligence causing death and two of dangerous driving causing death.