Car Collision Kills Nativity Show Camel
<i> Associated Press</i>
CHESTER, Md. —
A 6-foot, 600-pound Arabian camel got loose from a live Nativity show and wandered onto a road where it was struck by a car and killed.
The camel, named Ernie, escaped Sunday night from a Christmas show staging area at the Kent Island United Methodist Church.
The Nativity show went on without Ernie. “We felt it would have had a longer negative impact on the children if we canceled,” the Rev. Ken Valentine said.
Motorist Vinit Mody and his wife Kiran were treated at a hospital for minor injuries from the accident.
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