Two Highlands County sheriff's deputies returning from a false alarm call, escaped injury after a rear-end collision with each other in the 600 block of Placid Lakes Boulevard late Thursday afternoon.
Deputy Jacob Riley, followed in a cruiser by Deputy Brennen Warner, were headed back from the alarm call, when an orange tabby cat ran out in front of Riley's lead car causing the deputy to swerve and brake suddenly.
Warner's vehicle ran into the back of Riley's car causing about $5,000 damage to Warner's car and $1,800 damage to Riley's car.
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated, said sheriff's Sgt. Sean Casey on Friday. The patrol found the rear car was following too close.
The cat did not survive the crash.
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