Officers who found the wallaby hit by a vehicle on the A39 said it sadly died on Friday night.
Officers found the wallaby had been hit by a vehicle on the A39 and had sadly died on Friday nightDevon and Cornwall Police said officers were notified just before 22:00 BST on Friday of reports of an injured wallaby in the road on the A39 at St Columb.
He said: "We're thinking what's going on, one of my mates gets out the car to check and then we see these legs just sort of jumping around. "It's just a bit of a shock really because it's not something you expect to see in Cornwall at least."He said: "We saw it, we were really excited to see it because it's not an animal that you see every day."It was sad but there was nothing we could really do about it.
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