A section of Alabama highway was temporarily closed when an escaped kangaroo entered the roadway and caused a two-vehicle crash.

A runaway kangaroo caused a car crash that ended up shutting down an Alabama highway, police said. The incident took place on Tuesday when the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency responded to a two-vehicle crash in the southbound lane of Interstate 85 near the 46 mile marker in Macon County,

It was a chaotic scene along Interstate 85 in Central Alabama on Tuesday, after reports of a kangaroo causing traffic problems was received by dispatchers. After at least one crash, the highway was briefly closed so that authorities could capture the animal.