--- description: The kittens escaped unscathed title: Kittens Cause Car Crash That Knocked Out Power image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd244018923335c05/69885cb0e53aba66a04decc4/kittens.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kittens Distract Driver, Cause Crash Knocking Out Power for Hundreds by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 11:05 PM CUT  Spellbound kittens Spellbound kittensPatricia Doyle—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2015 11:05 PM CUT A man driving with a litter of kittens in his car was so distracted by one of the felines, he [crashed](http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2015/07/27/kittens-reportedly--blame--south-nashville-wreck-power-outage/30725053/ "undefined") into a power pole. The accident occurred early on Monday in South Nashville, and caused the pole to fall halfway over, the _Tennesseean_ reports. The structural damage temporarily knocked out power for about 400 people in the area. Power was restored a few hours later. The driver was taken to the hospital, but his injuries were not life-threatening. None of those distracting kittens were injured in the car accident. \[[_The Tennesseean_](http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2015/07/27/kittens-reportedly--blame--south-nashville-wreck-power-outage/30725053/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974199/kittens-distract-driver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974199/kittens-distract-driver/"},"headline":"Kittens Distract Driver, Cause Crash Knocking Out Power for Hundreds","datePublished":"2015-07-27T23:05:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:39.525Z","description":"The kittens escaped unscathed","url":"https://time.com/3974199/kittens-distract-driver/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Accident"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd244018923335c05/69885cb0e53aba66a04decc4/kittens.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd244018923335c05/69885cb0e53aba66a04decc4/kittens.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"478614233","caption":"478614233","creditText":"Patricia Doyle—Getty Images","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/3974199/kittens-distract-driver/","name":"Kittens Distract Driver, Cause Crash Knocking Out Power for Hundreds"}}]}] ```