Coyote stuck in bumper after hit by car in Illinois

WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- A coyote is recovering Monday night after it got stuck in a bumper in Illinois.

People noticed the animal trapped at a train station parking lot in the city of Waukegan and called animal control.

The driver says he was unaware the animal was there.

The coyote is resting at a wildlife center with leg fractures.

On the wildlife center's Facebook page, the coyote was named Vern.

For more pictures of Vern, visit www.flintcreekwildlife.org.

Sun Times Media Wire contributed to this report.