Bear hitches ride on garbage truck, driven to police department

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KIDDER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A garbage collection crew had an extra set of hands, er, paws, on the truck Wednesday morning.

The team, which was doing its rounds in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, had a bear tagging along, WNEP reported.

But the bear wasn’t walking alongside the garbage truck. He had hoisted himself on top.

The driver parked near a tree and the bear climbed down, police said.

Kidder Township Police said the black bear stayed on the top of the garbage truck all the way to the police station.