engine - 5:48 pm on Jan 16, 2013 (gmt 0)

Awww, the donkey lives.

A scene captured by a Google Street View vehicle in Kweneng, Botswana, that went viral Monday seems to show the car hitting and possibly killing a donkey on the road. The scene is still visible on Google Street View: The Google vehicle appears to come up upon a standing donkey before knocking it over. But Google has a different version of the incident and insists the animal is fine. "Our Street View teams take the safety of people and donkeys very seriously," Google said in a statement. "A review of our imagery confirms that we did not cause any harm to the donkey." Google Street View Car and The Donkey [latimes.com]