Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An Australian woman saved the life of a kangaroo found still alive in its dead mother's pouch at the side of a road. Lauren Wagner said she and friend Sarah Wragge were driving from McLaren Vale, South Australia, to Adelaide when they spotted the mother kangaroo that had apparently been killed in a collision with a car. Advertisement The women noticed the animal appeared to be moving so they took a closer look and discovered a joey still alive inside the marsupial's pouch. The video, recorded by Wragge, shows Wagner carefully removing the joey from the pouch. The women said they turned the joey over to a wildlife expert to be hand-raised. Read More Police searching for escaped zoo wallaby Wallaby on the loose after escape from British zoo Kangaroo mob hops through Australian capital