Creature Causes Crash

I keep hearing clips about this story on the talk radio station I listen to. You know how the stations will play little snipits of stories to introduce their news hour? Well all I keep hearing is the police officer in this case saying "and we have no idea why she was driving with a gerbil." It cracks me up every time. Why was she driving with a gerbil and why wasn't the gerbil in his tiny gerbil carseat? People never cease to amaze me....