The little dog is seen trying to keep up with the lorry as it pulls out of a car park.
A lorry driver was spotted pulling out of a car park and on to a busy road – forgetting that his dog was still tied to the bumper.
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The little dog is seen trying to keep up with the lorry as it pulls out of a car park.
The little black and white dog was seen racing to keep up as the lorry accelerated to join a highway in Arizona.
Luckily, the scene was spotted by an eagle-eyed police volunteer whose quick response is likely to have saved the dog’s life.
Thankfully, the animal was unhurt during the September 8 incident.
“Patrol VIPs act only as eyes and ears when they are in the field, but this exception to use lights and siren to save this dog from injury or death has been deemed warranted by YCSO Command Staff,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.
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The little black and white dog was seen racing to keep up as the lorry accelerated to join a highway in Arizona.
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Luckily, the scene was spotted by an eagle-eyed police volunteer whose quick response is likely to have saved the dog’s life.
The driver honked his horn and turned on the sirens, forcing the lorry to pull over.
The relived trucker said he just forgot he had tied his dog up while parked up.
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Thankfully, the animal was unhurt during the September 8 incident.
In a Facebook post, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office explained that the volunteer was right to use the sirens – something they wouldn’t usually be expected to do.
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“Patrol VIPs act only as eyes and ears when they are in the field, but this exception to use lights and siren to save this dog from injury or death has been deemed warranted by YCSO Command Staff,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.
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“The driver was simply distracted and headed towards the interstate forgetting to unleash his dog.”
No charges are being sought.
A body found in a northwest Iowa field has been identified as that of a missing truck driver, discovered not far from where his abandoned rig was found on an isolated highway just before Thanksgiving.
But details of his death remain a mystery.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Thursday the state medical examiner's office had conducted a forensic autopsy, and authorities identified the body as that of David Schultz, 53, with dental records. The department said authorities do not suspect foul play in his death. Preliminary autopsy results showed no signs of trauma or serious injury, the agency said. Further results are pending.
The department said someone in his field discovered a body Wednesday, near where Schultz's semi was found parked in the middle of the road on Nov. 21.
Schultz's wife, Sarah, told reporters on Thursday that the person discovered was wearing boots that matched her husband's, and his keys were found in the pants pocket.
The discovery, she said, brought a mixture of relief and sorrow.
“I'm glad we know where he is now,” Sarah Schultz said. “There's still a lot of questions. Things don't make sense.”
Schultz, of Wall Lake, Iowa, left home late on the night of Nov. 20 to pick up a load of pigs from a hog confinement near Eagle Grove, Iowa. He was expected to deliver the pigs the next morning to a livestock dealer in Sac City, Iowa, a small farming town about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Des Moines. When he didn’t show up, no one could get him on the phone.
Sarah Schultz reported him missing, and the truck was found later that afternoon, less than 10 miles (6.2 km) northeast of his destination. The pigs were still in the trailer. Schultz's wallet and phone were inside his rig. His jacket was on the roadside.
Jake Rowley, the regional team leader of United Cajun Navy, a nonprofit search-and-rescue organization that helped with the search, said local law enforcement agencies searched the area where the body was found immediately after Schultz went missing, including with drones. More than 250 volunteers searched an additional 100,000 acres.
An unanswered question, Rowley said, was whether the the body “was there the entire time," or if it was recently moved to the spot where it was found.
Sarah Schultz described her husband as a devoted family man who stressed to his kids the importance of being respectful and working hard.
“He was such a good father,” Sarah Schultz said. “It's not fair.”
Jake Rowley consoles Sarah Schultz, the wife of Wall Lake truck driver David Schultz, while talking about the discovery of her husband's body on Wednesday during a news conference Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Sac City, Iowa. David Schultz had been missing since Nov. 21, 2023, when his truck was found parked on Sac County Road N-14. (Tim Hynds/Sioux City Journal via AP)
FILE - This undated family photo shows David Schultz with his two sons. The body of an Iowa trucker who went missing just before Thanksgiving has been found, according to his wife. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Wednesday, April 25, 2024, that a body was found in a farm field near where David Schultz's semi was found parking on a two-lane highway. (Family photo via AP)
