Truck crashes into a tree...after being driven by a dog

A truck crashed into a tree after seemingly being driven by a dog.

Customers at a petrol station in Mankato, Minnesota, were left baffled after seeing a golden Labrador retriever appear to drive the large semi-truck across a main road on Friday.

Mankato police said the truck, which was in neutral, was somehow put into gear before it travelled through a car park, across a road and hit a tree.

The Free Press of Mankato reported a passer-by discovered a dog sitting in the driver’s seat when he jumped into the vehicle to stop it.

David Stegora told the newspaper he was at the petrol station when he heard the truck crashed into a tree and a parked car.

He said: “I heard the tree snap and I thought somebody decided to turn around, but then it just kept going forward.”

Mr Stegora said he initially didn’t understand how the truck was moving as he could not see a driver, but then saw a dog climb up near the driver’s side.

Police commander Dan Schisel told The Free Press of Mankato the vehicle had since been taken off the road.