Highway officials in Columbia, S.C., were forced to take down a billboard featuring a dangling gorilla suit after it caused several car crashes on a busy highway, according to a Local 6 News report.Several motorists were shocked Wednesday after they noticed what appeared to be a person in a gorilla suit hanging from the billboard above 277 near the Parklane exit.
No one was inside the suit but it still distracted several drivers who lost control of their cars and crashed.There was even a car crash while firefighters were cutting the gorilla from the billboard.The person responsible for the billboard could face criminal or civil charges, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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