Drivers startled to see raccoon hitching a ride on garbage truck

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A normal morning drive into Washington, D.C. wasn't normal at all for a garbage truck driver.

There was a raccoon hitching a ride on the back of his garbage truck.

Another driver alerted him and three police officers responded with catch poles.

By that time, the raccoon had crawled into the truck container.

Photos by the city of Falls Church show the truck driver on top of the truck, retrieving the raccoon with the pole.

The raccoon was released in a nearby park.

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