Vadodara, Mar 4: A four-year-old female leopard was killed in a road mishap at Mahuva-Anaval state highway near Puna village of Mahuva taluka about 160 km from here yesterday, its deputy sarpanch Somabhai Patel said.
The lopard was hit by an unidentified speeding vehicle while trying to cross the road and was seriously injured on her head and other parts of her body.
On hearing the leopard's screams, people rushed to the spot and tried to save it by giving water.
The forest staff also rushed to the spot, but the leopard succumbed to her injuries.
The forest department staff took the leopard's body and a veterinary doctor conducted a post mortem, after which she was cremated.
