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Dog Helps Save Owner Who Was
Hit By Car In Dorchester
Dec. 11, 2013
BOSTON (CBS) – A dog helped save her owner who was badly
injured in a car crash just days before Thanksgiving.
John Miles was walking his
dog Lucy on Neponset Street
in Dorchester, as he does every day, when both
of them were hit by a car.
John blacked out and doesn’t
remember what happened. Lucy, a husky-beagle mix, who was also injured, limped
to a nearby dentist’s office and barked until help arrived. She limped back and
stayed by John’s side until emergency crews arrived.
“I’m very happy that Lucy did
what she did,” Miles said. “Makes me feel wonderful because if a dog as good as
her can get recognition for doing something above and beyond good for her.”
John had no identification on
him, so first responders used Lucy’s ID tags to determine who they were. “What
I’m being told is she sat there and was crying and everything else, you know
because I couldn’t get up,” John says. “That’s the type of dog she is.”
John suffered major injuries
including two broken legs, a broken arm and 15 facial fractures. He will
undergo surgery on Thursday. Lucy is currently limping around with a torn ACL and
leg fractures. Right now, she is clearly missing John.
“What I’m being told is she
sat there and was crying and everything else, you know because I couldn’t get
up,” John says. “That’s the type of dog she is.”
John suffered major injuries
including two broken legs, a broken arm and 15 facial fractures. He will
undergo surgery on Thursday. Lucy is currently limping around with a torn ACL
and leg fractures. Right now, she is clearly missing John.
“We found out that beagles actually cry, they have
tear ducts,” said Caitlan Miles, John’s daughter. “So after the accident, when
I was home with her, she had tears running down her fur. She is walking around
lost without him.” [emphasis added]
Lucy will have surgery on
Friday. A fund has been set up to help
pay for the cost of her care.
pay for the cost of her care.
“Once the winter’s over, if
I’m recovered and Lucy’s recovered you can bet we’ll be out doing our walking
again,” John said.
Boston Police told WBZ-TV the
driver stopped after the accident and will not be charged.
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