Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Man killed while chasing dog on interstate - Seattle P-I
A Longview man chasing his dog on Interstate 5 in Thurston County was killed by an oncoming car Saturday night.
The dog, which escaped from his owner's pickup truck, also was struck and died, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The deaths occurred around 11:10 p.m. at Mile Post 86 after John Tunison's 1998 GMC truck broke down. A trooper contacted the 49-year-old on I-5 and noticed that his dog was trying to get out of the truck's window.
The trooper warned Tunison that his dog could run into traffic and cause an accident, the State Patrol reported. The dog escaped, and Tunison tried to catch it.
A 66-year-old Rochester man was driving northbound in a 1989 Honda Accord when that vehicle hit Tunison and his dog, the State Patrol reported. [end]
A Longview man chasing his dog on Interstate 5 in Thurston County was killed by an oncoming car Saturday night.
The dog, which escaped from his owner's pickup truck, also was struck and died, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The deaths occurred around 11:10 p.m. at Mile Post 86 after John Tunison's 1998 GMC truck broke down. A trooper contacted the 49-year-old on I-5 and noticed that his dog was trying to get out of the truck's window.
The trooper warned Tunison that his dog could run into traffic and cause an accident, the State Patrol reported. The dog escaped, and Tunison tried to catch it.
A 66-year-old Rochester man was driving northbound in a 1989 Honda Accord when that vehicle hit Tunison and his dog, the State Patrol reported. [end]
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