Taser ends emu scamper on Pennsylvania Turnpike

[femmocrat]

Kathy Rooney was heading east on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Monday when traffic came to a halt near the New Stanton exit.

She immediately thought construction was at the heart of the backlog, until she saw a large, gangly bird loping straight down the center of the highway.

"It was coming towards us, but it was on the white lines," said Rooney, of Mt. Lebanon. "It was like it knew to stay on the white lines. It stayed right down the middle."

Read about the emu's fate at:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/search/s_586162.html