PHILADELPHIA (WTNH) – A driver in Philadelphia says he’s not to blame for a crash Monday morning.

He says a squirrel caused the whole thing.

Witnesses say he lost control and plowed into a row of a cars parked along the street.

“He said he was coming down the street and he saw a squirrel. he thought he was gonna hit it, so he swerved and he lost control and got banged up”, says Josh Badilla, a witness to the accident. 

There’s no word from police yet on whether the squirrel was really a factor, or whether the driver will be charged.

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