Cat dodges death twice after falling from car in Russia

Published on: August 30, 2017

Video shows the animal tumble from the muffler of a vehicle in Irkutsk, Russia
It then scrambles frantically as it struggles to get out of the path of another car
The driver who caught the incident on camera swerved out of the cat’s way
It was taken to the vet with just a bruise after the shocking near-miss

By Sebastian Murphy-bates For Mailonline

Published: 22:15 BST, 30 August 2017 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 30 August 2017

This is the moment a cat tumbled from the muffler of a car and narrowly missed being hit by another.

The clip shows the white cat hanging out of a car’s rear on a road in Irkutsk, Russia, as a woman is heard gasping in the vehicle from which the video is being filmed.

The cat then drops into the road metres and scrambles frantically as a man can be heard panicking.

Luckily, the quick-thinking driver swerves out of the animal’s way.

The cat’s near-miss was shown in shocking slow-motion in a clip on YouTube, where one of the people behind the camera explained the cat was rescued from the road soon after the incident on August 21.

The cat was seen tumbling from a car in Russia after the incident was captured from a camera in a car behind

The cat was seen tumbling from a car in Russia after the incident was captured from a camera in a car behind

As the car approaches, the cat makes a frantic dash across the motorway in a bid to dodge death

As the car approaches, the cat makes a frantic dash across the motorway in a bid to dodge death

The animal looks set to be run over by the car, but the driver swerves and the cat escapes

The animal looks set to be run over by the car, but the driver swerves and the cat escapes

After the cat dodged the car, it was found on the side of the road with just a bruise

After the cat dodged the car, it was found on the side of the road with just a bruise

‘A car passed us that had something white hanging under it that looked similar to a package.

‘It turned out to be a cat that had been sitting on the muffler of the vehicle. It fell off the moving car onto the road. Miraculously it was not crushed.

‘I found it later, hidden between a pillar and the concrete fence. We took it to the veterinarian and were informed that he was healthy with only a bruise.’