MANKATO, Minn. — Customers at a gas station in Minnesota were startled by a curious sight Friday afternoon: a dog apparently driving a semi-truck across a street before it hit a tree and a car parked near the station’s pumps.

Police in Mankato, Minnesota confirmed the idling vehicle was apparently put in gear before traveling through the parking lot of a trailer dealership, across the street, and over a curb.

According to the Mankato, Minnesota Free Press, a passerby hopped into the truck to stop it and discovered a dog sitting in the driver’s seat.

David Stegora was at the gas station when he heard the truck smash into a tree, then crash into a car near the station’s gas pumps.

“I heard the tree snap and I thought somebody decided to turn around, but then it just kept going forward,” he said.

Stegora didn’t understand how the truck was moving by itself, as he couldn’t see the driver. That changed once the dog climbed up near the driver’s side window. 

Police Cmdr. Dan Schisel said the State Patrol took an accident report and the truck was taken off the road.

It’s unclear whether the truck’s owner, or the dog, will be in the doghouse over the incident.

“All I know is it was a Labrador,” Schisel said.

Information for this story was reported by The Mankato, Minnesota Free Press.