{"id":1375635,"date":"2024-12-11T11:54:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1375635"},"modified":"2024-12-17T04:30:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T10:30:27","slug":"mountain-lion-killed-in-crash-with-longview-patrol-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1375635","title":{"rendered":"Mountain lion collides with Longview patrol car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/mountain-lion-e1733939546666-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1375637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/mountain-lion-e1733939546666-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/mountain-lion-e1733939546666-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/mountain-lion-e1733939546666.png 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>LONGVIEW \u2013 Our news partner KETK reports that a mountain lion collided with a Longview police patrol vehicle around 3 a.m. on Tuesday in the 3800 block of Loop 281.<br \/>\nAccording to the Longview Police Department, an officer was patrolling when his vehicle hit the mountain lion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the extent of its injuries, the animal was put down at the scene,\u201d the police department said. \u201cA Texas Parks &#038; Wildlife biologist and game warden were contacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas Parks and Wildlife said mountain lions are also called cougars and in Texas are found \u201cthroughout the Trans-Pecos, as well as the brushlands of south Texas and portions of the Hill Country.\u201d<br \/>\nAlthough the animal was hit in the city, TPWD said they are generally found in remote mountains or hilly areas that have cover. Mountain lions are usually active in the mornings and nights. The police department said the game warden took the animals carcass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2013 Our news partner KETK reports that a mountain lion collided with a Longview police patrol vehicle around 3 a.m. on Tuesday in the 3800 block of Loop 281. According to the Longview Police Department, an officer was patrolling when his vehicle hit the mountain lion. \u201cDue to the extent of its injuries, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1375635\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mountain lion collides with Longview patrol car<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1375644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/mountain-lion-e1733939546666-200x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 23:26:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/mountain-lion-e1733939546666-200x200.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1375635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1375646,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375635\/revisions\/1375646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1375644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1375635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1375635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1375635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}