Duck family safely crosses Road after police officer stops traffic


A policeman is being lauded after stopping traffic outside Conception Bay South to let a duck and a line of ducklings cross a busy four-lane highway.



Jody Foss was driving into C.B.S. on the bypass highway after work on Wednesday, when he spotted a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer slowing down traffic.



Const. Glenn Cunningham had stopped his cruiser on the opposite side of the dual carriageway near the Fowlers Road exit, walked across the median and halted traffic in both directions.



At first, Cunningham said, he could see only the mother and one duckling as he turned on his emergency lights and commenced to research the duck out of water.



"With that, eight more little ducks popped up out of the forest and began following the mother across the roadway," Cunningham told CBC News.



But, the journey didn't end there. The duck family dropped into the median between the dual carriageway and have become a touch flustered consistent with Cunningham.