Dog Swept Up And Killed By Road Sweeper
“THE animal was like a family member in my house,” says Robert Machin, the dog’s owner.
Mr Machin is reported to be completely torn over losing Ginger, his Boston terrier, and he can’t believe how it happened.
“Just being dragged into that machinery and killed in that fashion,” saysMachin.
When Machin broke the news to his mother, Carmen Canizares, he says she nearly collapsed.
“You have no idea, you have no idea,” she said.
Ginger and her mate, Buster, were both on leashes on the side of the street when the sweeper approached. Witnesses say the vehicle was moving at about 30 or 40 mph, much faster than the 10 mph it’s supposed to go, and that the driver was listening to headphones.
“He came so close to the car that he sucked the dog off the leash,” said Isamar Maldonado, who saw the horrifying incident.
“He was not paying attention, and while you’re on duty you’re not supposed to [have headphones] on.”
Witnesses say they chased the truck for blocks, but when he finally stopped they say he refused to shut down the mechanical broom.
“We couldn’t believe that man could be driving that fast and sweep up the little dog like he was a piece of garbage or something, and then not even say ‘I’m sorry’,” said Maldonado.
The Department of Sanitation issued a statement regarding the incident and said it will investigate.
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June 24th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
KUDOS to dog killing man!
If you are pretentious enough to own such a ridiculously small animal then you should expect it to be preyed upon by larger, more dominating predators of the urban jungle. Namely road sweepers.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I am still stuffed after the last one.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I just couldn’t eat another human being
June 16th, 2008 at 9:38 am
A certain person whose name begins with P and ends with Atrick and whose surname begins with F and ends with Uller is smelly
June 16th, 2008 at 8:26 am
>It’s just a dog…get over it..people eat dogs as delicacies in Korea.
The way things are looking for the planet you in Britain and we in the rest of the industrialized West might soon be eating dogs, too. And then as the next stage in collapse the dogs might wind up eating the humans. (A fatty diet, overly.)
June 16th, 2008 at 6:19 am
It’s just a dog…get over it..people eat dogs as delicacies in Korea. Try saving some humans that are suffering all over the world and stop whining about bitches.
June 15th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Rough
June 15th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I’d have killed the bastard
June 15th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I am really sorry to hear of this awful event it is not a laughing matter Mic
June 15th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
This story sucks.