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NJ Turnpike turkey evades capture, will be allowed to roam

By The Associated Press
November 16, 2009, 12:12PM
Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger

JERSEY CITY -- Authorities have stopped trying to capture a wild turkey that calls Interchange 14B on the New Jersey Turnpike home.

The bird has been causing havoc for toll collectors and motorists as it runs across toll booths, plays in traffic, and sits atop toll collectors' parked cars.

Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said efforts during the weekend to catch the turkey were unsuccessful, and for the time being, the bird will be left alone.

Collectors will have to continue putting cones on their parked cars because the turkey likes to jump on the cars, and motorists will continue dodging the bird.

{Article from NJ.com}