Woman chases kitten through tollway traffic in Houston

HOUSTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Authorities in Texas released video of a woman running around in toll road traffic to try to rescue a loose kitten.

The Harris County Toll Road Authority released video showing the woman holding a towel while chasing the kitten Tuesday around the Sam Houston Tollway, Beltway 8, at Westview.

The video shows seemingly frustrated drivers struggling to get around the woman.

"It's not safe to be on a major roadway out of your vehicle," Calvin Harvey, HCTRA Incident Command administrator, told KTRK-TV. "It's better us handling it than someone risking their own lives doing it."

An HCTRA Incident Response team responded with a deputy constable and helped the woman catch the kitten in the towel and return to her car.

The HCTRA said a second kitten was rescued Tuesday from the U.S. 290/Beltway 8 overpass, where the feline somehow ended up on a high ledge. An HCTRA Incident Management team, the SPCA and the Jersey Village Fire Department responded to rescue the feline.