 Woman, blind dog intentionally run over
Chicago, IL (US)Date: Aug 15, 2005
County: Cook
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Chicago police are looking for the driver of a car that hit and injured a woman Monday morning and killed the dog she was walking. The whole thing was caught on surveillance tape.
Major accidents investigators are searching for a white car that some witnesses say was carrying four young women who may have been drinking. They are accused of plowing into a woman who was walking dog behind an animal shelter off North Ashland.
The volunteer with the animal shelter Furry Friends Foundation is fortunate to be alive. The dog she was walking was killed.
Shelter surveillance video shows that just after 7:30 on the morning of Aug 15, 32-year-old shelter volunteer Holly Burd took Brick, a blind pit bull out for a walk. Within seconds, both were hit by a white car that appeared to swerve to hit them both. After hitting the hood and flipping over the car, Holly looks for Brick, who by then is disoriented. He died moments later.
"They killed a wonderful, wonderful dog, and they hurt me and traumatized me. It's just so heartless and evil," Burd said.
Neighbor Dika Doobay heard the crash and came running to help. By then the white car was gone and Holly was understandably shaken.
"I saw the dog walker running onto our yard, kind of dragging the dog, and the dog was limp. And she just stopped and stared and was screaming 'Help me, somebody please help me. I can't believe this. Oh, my God,' " said Dika Doobay, neighbor.
That afternoon at the accident scene, splintered wood and debris remained from the incident, which fortunately for Burd just caused her minor injuries.
As for Brick, the cage where he was kept is now empty, and shelter volunteers are saddened to lose a dog to such senseless violence, a dog that only knew abuse until he came to them.
"He was the most loving, trusting really sweet dog. To have a dog die like that, and have a volunteer severely injured, it's horrible," said Catherine Hedges, Furry Friends Foundation.
If you have any information about the white car in the surveillance video, you are asked to call Chicago police major accidents investigations. Case UpdatesA Chicago animal shelter is now offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver who hit one of their volunteers and a dog Monday.
Chicago police are looking for the driver of a car that hit and injured a woman Monday morning and killed the dog she was walking. The whole thing was caught on surveillance tape.
Major accidents investigators are searching for a white car that some witnesses say was carrying four young women who may have been drinking. They are accused of plowing into a woman who was walking dog behind an animal shelter off North Ashland.
The volunteer with the animal shelter Furry Friends Foundation is fortunate to be alive. The dog she was walking was killed.
Shelter surveillance video shows that just after 7:30 Monday morning, 32-year-old shelter volunteer Holly Burd took Brick, a blind rottweiler out for a walk. Within seconds, both were hit by a white car that appeared to swerve to hit them both. After hitting the hood and flipping over the car, Holly looks for Brick, who by then is disoriented. He died moments later.
"They killed a wonderful, wonderful dog, and they hurt me and traumatized me. It's just so heartless and evil," Burd said.
Neighbor Dika Doobay heard the crash and came running to help. By then the white car was gone and Holly was understandably shaken.
"I saw the dog walker running onto our yard, kind of dragging the dog, and the dog was limp. And she just stopped and stared and was screaming 'Help me, somebody please help me. I can't believe this. Oh, my God,' " said Dika Doobay, neighbor.
Monday afternoon at the accident scene, splintered wood and debris remained from the incident, which fortunately for Burd just caused her minor injuries.
As for Brick, the cage where he was kept is now empty, and shelter volunteers are saddened to lose a dog to such senseless violence, a dog that only knew abuse until he came to them.
"He was the most loving, trusting really sweet dog. To have a dog die like that, and have a volunteer severely injured, it's horrible," said Catherine Hedges, Furry Friends Foundation.
If you have any information about the white car in the surveillance video, you are asked to call Chicago police major accidents investigations. | Source: ABC Channel 7 - Aug 17, 2005
Update posted on Aug 21, 2005 - 5:24PM |
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