Police officers rescued an injured deer found near a freeway in San Mateo, California, on Friday, August 26, the city police department said.

In a Facebook post the San Mateo Police Department said one of their officers spotted an injured deer “crawling onto the freeway on-ramp”. Footage shows police officers gently securing the wriggling deer in a sheet before carrying it to their vehicle.

“The deer was safely transported by patrol car to the Peninsula Humane Society,” the police department added. Credit: San Mateo Police Department via Storyful

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