Cat survives car ride
under hood

KIRKLAND, Wash. (KOMO/CNN) - A cat's meow got a young pesky feline out of some big trouble in Washington.

It happened after a seven-week-old stray hitched a ride under a Kent man's car.

After driving as fast as 80 miles-per-hour for 22 miles, Jairo Batres arrived at his job. Batres says he heard the kitten's cries and finally found it under his hood.

He ended up turning it into a local animal shelter. The worker at Meow Cat Rescue said the kitten was extremely hungry and  dehydrated, but otherwise okay.