Fred the honoured Undercover Kitten has died in a traffic accident

Fred, a tabby who found fame as The Undercover Kitten, has died in a traffic accident, the Brooklyn district attorney's office said.

Fred was a rescued stray when law enforcers enlisted him in February. He posed as a would-be patient to help police nab a man pretending to be a veterinarian.

He got his due at a news conference, where he sported a tiny badge on his collar.

Fred ran out Moran's back door into her yard Wednesday while Moran was attending to two elderly dogs.

"He had to have hopped several fences" to escape to the street, Moran said. Neighbours found his body in the road later that morning.

The DA's office said that Fred had been "preparing for a new career in education," with a "significant role" in a classroom program that teaches children how to care for animals. '

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