Police are investigating claims that a van driver "crushed" three ducklings by mowing them down as they were crossing the road.
Staffordshire Police said officers were made aware of the incident, which took place in Trentham, a southern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, on Friday.
Images of the ducklings laying in the road were shared across social media after being posted on Facebook by a man called Steven Walley.
He said other drivers stopped to let the family of seven ducklings cross, but the driver of a white van "could not wait" and instead "drove straight over them".
Mr Walley wrote: "I've just been driving on the A34 at Trentham Gardens roundabout when a family of seven ducklings were crossing the road.
"All the traffic stopped to let them cross but disgustingly this van driver, after initially stopping, could not then wait for the five seconds it wo...
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