A spooked seal's lucky escape across a four-lane road in Dunedin has been caught on video.
Southern Stringers videoed the seal being saved by Department of Conservation workers and police after it was found frightened from fireworks in a carpark on Portsmouth Drive near the waterfront.
Local woman Renee Cunningham, who was letting off fireworks with her friends "peacefully", didn't know there were seals around. She said the explosives probably scared the mammal to the other side of the road.
"He's probably just chilling out with his bros having a good time.
"We come along and disturb the peace so he's like 'sh** let's go to the other side'.