Authorities said the dog did not have life-threatening injuries.
Video footage has captured the dramatic moment a dog jumps from a motor home during a high-speed police chase in Los Angeles.
A woman in a stolen vehicle led police on a half-hour chase from Santa Clarita into the San Fernando Valley after the van failed to stop for the California Highway Patrol, KABC-TV reported.
The van reached speeds of up to 60 mph and crashed into several cars as well as a palm tree in a shopping centre car park that tore off the passenger-side door and wrecked the front end, leaving the windscreen dangling on the bonnet.
At one point, a large dog in the driver’s lap scrambled halfway out of the shattered windscreen area and tumbled or jumped from the moving vehicle, landing in the street.
The van briefly stopped but the dog got up and appeared unharmed as it ran to the curb.
Another dog was seen dangling from the window until the motor home finally crashed into another car at high speed in a residential neighbourhood.
The woman got out and ran with the dog following but she was quickly tackled by authorities. The dog was captured and led away.
The dog which had jumped from the van was also found. Authorities said it did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
DETROIT (AP) — A dog missing in California since the summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit.
Police in Harper Woods responded to a call about a stray dog last week, picked up the terrier mix and contacted an animal welfare group.
The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society said it quickly discovered that the dog, named Mishka, had an identity chip implanted in her with information about her owners.
Mehrad Houman and his family live in San Diego but were planning to travel to Minnesota when the call came in. He landed there and then drove 10 hours to Michigan for a reunion with Mishka, the adoption group said on a Facebook post with pictures and video.
“This is a tale that Hollywood would love to tell,” the group said.
Mishka had wandered away from Houman’s workplace, an auto garage, in July and never returned. Her collar had the family's phone number.
“We think it was stolen and then it was sold and ended up in Michigan,” said Corinne Martin, director of the animal welfare group.
Houman's wife, Elizabeth, said it's “been an incredible journey.”
“I never gave up,” she said Thursday. “I put up over a thousand flyers. I had a flyer on my back windshield. I wore her leash whenever I would look for her. ... Now I just want to find out how she got to Michigan."
Veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury examined 3-year-old Mishka, gave her a rabies shot and cleared her to travel home to California.
“She was clean, well-fed. Whoever had her took good care of her,” Pillsbury told The Associated Press. “How she got here — that's a story only Mishka knows."
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In this image provided by Corinne Martin, Mehrad Houman holds his dog, Mishka, after she was examined by veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury in Harper Woods, Mich., Friday, March 29, 2024. Mishka was discovered in suburban Detroit, eight months after disappearing in San Diego. (Corinne Martin via AP)
