Houdini hound's amazing journey
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There's a happy ending to our story about a hound that
escaped onto the M20 in the Monday morning rush hour.
The black and white border collie, called Ben, who slowed rush-hour traffic, is back home and
none the worse for his ordeal.
Ben wandered onto the M20 on Monday morning, near junction
7.
And if that wasn’t enough dicing with death for one
disorientated dog, he avoided further calamity after straying onto
the High Speed train track.
Police began to get calls from worried motorists from
around 8.40am on Monday.
James Wright of the Highways Agency said: “Our traffic officers
operated a 'rolling road-block’ on both sides of the carriageway
for almost 20 minutes – positioning their vehicles at the front of
the queue and driving at 20mph to hold traffic behind them.”
Police patrols were dispatched to round up Ben, but they
never caught him. It seems he found his own way off the motorway
and the traffic was released at 9.17am.
His owners frantically searched local roads looking for Ben.
He was found by railway workers on the HS1 line, close to the
Maidstone service area, after travelling a distance of about four
miles.
More on Ben's incredible adventure in today's Kent
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Friday, February 03 2012
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