A couple have been left heartbroken after one of their pet cats was run over and killed by a driver who did not stop in Netherfield. Harlee Lowish, 26, who lives on Ashwell Street with wife Mags Lowish, 39, owned pet cat Samson, who was two-and-a-half-years-old.
The ginger tabby, who was a feral rescue kitten, ran away from home and over the bridge on Chaworth Road above Netherfield train station on Wednesday (June 8) evening after being spooked by some fireworks that were let off nearby, says Harlee. She says Samson was walking back across the bridge and towards home at around 7am the following morning (Thursday, June 9) when tragedy struck.
Harlee was called by a motorist to say that Samson had been hit by a car. Harlee says the woman that called her was following the car in front that hit Samson and sped off, and that she stopped at the side of the road to put Samson on the pavement and covered him in a blanket. She called Harlee after seeing her number on Samson's collar.
