Why Did Hedgehog Cross the Road?

On the way home from the supermarket, I saw a hedgehog on the road.  There was a turning car, and the wheel just narrowly missed the hedgehog!

I was trying to pick it up and bring it back to safety, but it was too prickly!  So I used my backpack as a pad, picked it up.  But because the backpack was quite slippery for this purpose, I dropped the hedgehog from height, of about 1 foot on the grass.  The hedgehog was a bit scared, but it went back into the hedge.