Two people went to the hospital and nine rabbits went to the New Jersey State Police barracks after an early morning crash on Interstate 80 in Warren County.
A car hit a deer just before 2 a.m. Tuesday morning in Frelinghuysen Township, a state police spokesman said. The driver and passenger were taken to Hackettstown Medical Center for injuries that are not life-threatening, the spokesman said.
But troopers had to figure out what to do with the pet rabbits in the back seat.
The pets were gathered into a plastic bin, and a trooper cut air holes in the lid, according to a report from WRNJ radio. That report said there were eight rabbits, but the state police spokesman on Wednesday said nine.
The rabbits were taken to the Hope Township barracks until a family member was able to pick them up, the spokesman said.
The right lane of the highway was closed for only a short time after the accident, state police said.
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