YOU SAID:
i went to the park last week and a zebra had escaped from the zoo
INTO JAPANESE
私は先週公園に行き、シマウマは動物園から逃げていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to the park last week and the zebra fled the zoo
INTO JAPANESE
私は先週公園に行き、シマウマは動物園から逃げました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to the park last week and the zebra fled the zoo
That didn't even make that much sense in English.