DAYTON — A Dayton police sergeant rescued an injured cat from Interstate 75 on Tuesday.
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Dayton Police Sergeant Cairns was conducting a traffic stop on the interstate around 5 p.m. when a woman flagged him down.
The Dayton Police Department shared body camera footage of the rescue.
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The driver told Cairns that there was a cat stuck on the highway and didn’t know what to do.
Cairns found the cat and noticed it had injuries on its back, according to the department.
He put the cat in his cruiser and took it to the Humane Society of Greater Dayton for help.
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