--- description: And earns a new name, Hallelujah title: Stray Kitten Hiding in Car Engine Survives Crash and Finds a Home image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71abd5f092f805ea/69885a80e53aba34fc4de8fd/arkansas-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stray Kitten Hiding in Car Engine Survives Crash and Finds a Home  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2015 5:06 PM CUT  Little Rock Fire Department  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2015 5:06 PM CUT That’s one life down and eight to go for a stray kitten that burrowed its way into a car engine, [survived a freeway collision](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/10/stray-cat-engine-escapes-injury-lr-crash-then-find/?f=latest "undefined") and emerged from the wreckage unscathed. A Little Rock, Ark. driver was being treated for injuries after the crash when emergency responders heard a mewing sound coming from the crumpled car, local outlet Arkansas Online reports. The crews were stunned to find under the hood a stray orange tabby kitten, uninjured and surprisingly sociable. “It was fed and watered and oohed and aahed over,” local emergency worker Greg Thompson [told](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/10/stray-cat-engine-escapes-injury-lr-crash-then-find/?f=latest "undefined") Arkansas Online. The driver, instantly smitten, adopted the scrappy stray on the spot and named her Hallelujah. \[[_Arkansas Online_](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/10/stray-cat-engine-escapes-injury-lr-crash-then-find/?f=latest "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3954540/stray-kitten-survives-car-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3954540/stray-kitten-survives-car-crash/"},"headline":"Stray Kitten Hiding in Car Engine Survives Crash and Finds a Home","datePublished":"2015-07-11T17:06:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:00.388Z","description":"And earns a new name, Hallelujah","url":"https://time.com/3954540/stray-kitten-survives-car-crash/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71abd5f092f805ea/69885a80e53aba34fc4de8fd/arkansas-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71abd5f092f805ea/69885a80e53aba34fc4de8fd/arkansas-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"arkansas cat rescued crashed vehicle","caption":"arkansas cat rescued crashed vehicle","creditText":"Little Rock Fire Department","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3954540/stray-kitten-survives-car-crash/","name":"Stray Kitten Hiding in Car Engine Survives Crash and Finds a Home"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside New York's First Cat Cafe","description":"Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0MiiFeak/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-12T19:30:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3954540/stray-kitten-survives-car-crash/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3954540/stray-kitten-survives-car-crash/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```