Odd timing to be reading this thread. I just drove by a turtle on the side of the road this very morning. I haven't seen one "live and in person" in years and thought it odd. Now I know what she was doing.

Bobert,
your heart was in the right place. Don't beat yourself up too much. The kitties thank you for watching out for them.

I hit a coyote a couple of months ago and it tore me up. Poor little bastard was just trying to cross the road. I still get teary thinking about it.