In a strange incident a monkey was struck by a car and became trapped under a car bonnet in western India today (January 18), and was freed after prying it open.

The bizarre scene occurred on the Vododara-Ahmedabad Express Highway in Gujarat state, as the monkey was struck by a car driving by and crawled under the moving car's bonnet.

Seeing this the driver stepped out of the car to check and was surprised to see the tail protruding from his car. He then called highway services who came and pulled out the trapped monkey, which immediately ran away.