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REPORTER: VICKY MCCLAIN SAYS SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN SHE STOPPED FOR A FLOCK OF GEESE CROSSING PELHAM ROAD. >> IT WAS LIKE 15-20. IT WAS A FAMILY OF THEM. REPORTER: THE ADULTS, CAREFULLY GUIDING A GROUP OF GOSLINGS ACROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. AND MCCLAIN SAYS THEY ALMOST MADE IT, UNTIL THE DRIVER OF A SILVER F-150 DECIDED TO RUN THEM OVER. >> THEY JUST HAD TO GET ON THE SIDEWALK AND HEAD DOWN THE HILL. I MEAN LITERALLY SECONDS. REPORTER: MCCLAIN AND SEVERAL OTHER DRIVERS WHO HAD STOPPED TO LET THE BIRDS PASS, COULDN’T BELIEVE THIER EYES. >> IT WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH. I KNOW SOMEBODY DID NOT DO THAT. REPORTER: SHE SAYS IT’S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE GEESE AT THIS INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF THE QT. >> NORMALLY THEY FLY OVER BUT BECAUSE THESE ARE BABIES AND THEY ARE NEW, THEY CAN’T FLY YET. REPORTER: MCCLAIN SAYS SHE COULDN’T MAKE OUT DRIVER’S -- THE DRIVERS -- LICENSE PLATE NUMBER BUT HIS ACTIONS SAY A LOT ABOUT HIS CHARACTER. >> THAT TO ME IS HEARTLESS THAT YOU WOULD RUN OVER AN INNOCENT ANIMAL LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY A MOTHER WITH BABIES WALKING BEHIND. REPORTER: HEARTLESS AND ILLEGAL. DJ RILEY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS CANADIAN GEESE ARE PROTECTED UNDER FEDERAL LAW. >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A MALICIOUS ACT AND WE WOULD DEFINTELY INVESTIGATE IT. REPORTER: A MALICIOUS ACT THAT COMES WITH A MINIMUM 480 DOLLAR FINE. >> HE NEEDS TO KNOW, THIS ISN’T RIGHT. REPORTER: RILEY SAYS GEESE ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN NEIGHBORHOOD RETENTION PONDS OR ON GOLF COURSES, SO PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YE

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A woman is in disbelief after watching a truck plow through a family of Geese on Pelham Road near I-85 on Wednesday morning. Vicky McClain said she was on her way to work when she and several other drivers stopped for a flock of geese trying to cross four lanes of traffic."Normally they fly over, but because these are babies and they are new, they can't fly yet, so that is why they were crossing." McClain said the geese almost made it, until a driver of a silver Ford F-150 decided to run them over. "They just had to get on the sidewalk and head down the hill. I mean literally seconds."McClain said she couldn't believe it. "I mean it literally broke my heart."At least one adult and four goslings lay dead. And the driver was no where to be found. A spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources said that Canada Geese are protected under Federal Law and killing one out of season could result in a minimum $480 fine. If you know the driver involved in this incident, call SCDNR.