Woman saves stranded ducklings, gets $100 fine
| NEWFIELDS, N.H.
A New Hampshire woman who called police after stopping in a highway median to help some stranded ducklings聽plans to fight a $100 ticket.
Hallie Bibeau of Newfields tells she was driving east on Route 101 on Friday when she had to slam on her brakes to avoid hitting the聽ducklings. She says their mother and several of the聽ducklings聽were hit by a car. The mother died.
The 33-year-old Bibeau called 911, got out of her car and captured the two surviving聽ducklings.
A state trooper issued Bibeau a ticket for stopping in the median. Police say median stops are for emergencies, and they didn't consider this to be one.
Officials say the聽ducklings聽were taken to a wildlife rescue in Maine, where one of them died.
