A snapping turtle injured by a car in Ontario has been airlifted more than 400 kilometres to an animal hospital, and is now on a slow road to recovery.

Turtle #733 (a.k.a. "Spunky") was brought to the Centre with a major piece of her shell missing and her vital organs exposed, after being hit by a car on an Ontario highway.

PETERBOROUGH—A 44-year-old Ontario woman is in hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by a car after stopping to help a turtle. Ontario Provincial Police say the accident took place ...

A 71-year-old woman in Florida was struck in the head by an airborne turtle on the highway, police said. SKIP TO MAIN ... launching it into the air in front of the mother-daughter duo’s car.