Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe JIHUA CITY, China, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- An escaped ostrich in China's Zhejiang province was caught on camera running at the side of a stretch of highway and racing cars passing by a toll gate. The video footage, captured Monday, shows the 6-foot-tall ostrich running through a toll gate in Jihua City and racing cars at the side of the road. Advertisement The ostrich ran in front of a truck at one point, nearly causing a collision. Police said they were able to wrangle the flightless bird and escort it off the highway. The owner of the ostrich said it is a domesticated male bird and lives with a female ostrich at his home.