A dog ran to a dead conspecifics on the Autobahn 72 in Saxony and caused a full closure. A motorist discovered the grieving animal late on Sunday evening in the direction of Leipzig shortly before the junction Zwickau-Ost, as the police announced on Monday.

The police finally saw how the mongrel dog jumped around a dead other dog with which he was allegedly traveling before.

According to the police, he defended his dead friend "visibly grieving" and "excited". This had probably been run over.

Since the police found it difficult to catch the animal, they temporarily closed the highway completely in both directions.

When the dog calmed down, they finally took him away. Because the owner of the animal could not be located at first, he was taken to an animal shelter at night.