Itâs not every day you see someone driving with a bird in the vehicle
By Emily Sweeney Globe Staff,Updated January 14, 2021, 2:11 p.m.
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Westborough Police Officer William Ethier was doing radar enforcement on Upton Road when he was approached by this Good Samaritan who d saved an injured owl from the roadway.Westborough Police Department
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known â but no less noteworthy â incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our suburbs.
WESTBORO Clifford Kistner was driving on Hopkinton Road on Sunday night when he saw something fly from the woods and get struck by the windshield of a car in front of him.
Kistner, of Upton, said he got out of his truck at the Hopkinton-Upton line when he saw a large barred owl lying on the ground, flopping around as if it was injured.
“Once I got out of my vehicle, it stopped flopping and stood up and just looked at me,” said Kistner, a former Hopkinton Planning Board member. “I wasn’t sure what to do.”
The owl was obviously injured, so Kistner removed his jacket, wrapped it around the large bird of prey and put it in his truck. He then began driving, looking for a police officer who could provide help.