Poodle survives 11-mile ride trapped in car grill, after being hit by clueless driver

A female poodle survived an 11-mile ride from Taunton, Mass., to East Providence, RI after jumping out into the street and being hit by an unaware driver. Photos: Associated Press.

The story of how the little lady was extracted from the front of the car is interesting.

And the name of the policeman who managed to carefully, gently, get the doggie out? Officer Muggle. He says it's likely she came from a "puppy mill," and that she's going to be okay. "She has gone through a prescribed dosage of pain medicine and antibiotics and is pretty much back to full health, very active and extremely lovable."

Mitt Romney could not be reached for comment.

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The Tim

Similar to a story I read a few years ago on Snopes (complete with photos) of a coyote that was hit by a car, wedged into the grill in much the same way, and was not discovered until 600 miles later.
- petertrepan
  
  I remember seeing the coyote story as a child. He was hit by a truck due to the malfunction of a product made by ACME, right?
  - atimoshenko
    
    Driving from a tunnel painted on a rock…
bolamig

East Providence.
- Michael A
  
  Yeah pretty much. Came to post that i’m completely unsuprised this happened on the way from tauton to prov
cdh1971

“Amateur”

–Mitt Romney
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jerry-Vandesic/100002525753309 Jerry Vandesic

Not sure why the driver was regarded as clueless. Little doggies getting hit by cars are the responsibility of their clueless owners, who screwed up and left them to roam the streets.
- Boundegar
  
  Also, there is a bounty on poodles.
- Hanglyman
  
  Perhaps because they somehow failed to notice a dog running into the street or the resulting impact, and kept driving for miles without even checking to see if the animal was hurt or their car was damaged? It’s hard to imagine how anyone could be oblivious to that unless they were literally asleep at the wheel.
  - http://www.lambicpentameter.com Beth
    
    Everywhere else I’ve read this story, it’s been pointed out that the driver thought he hit the dog, stopped and looked, saw no evidence of the dog in the road and thought the dog made it across the street and ran away.
- Sparg
  
  I agree. I live in a rural area and drive through a rural area to get to work. I remember looking at my grill and seeing a bluebird wedge there. Bummed, though there was nothing I could do.
Robert

A puppy mill, you say? Perhaps the dog was trying to commit suicide. Poor dog.
Lyle Hopwood

Reminds me of this: http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/08/news/mn-31784
(Warning: gruesome. That’s why I haven’t been able to forget it in the ten years since.)
http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo

Mitt Romney could not be reached for comment.

ZZZING!
awjt

Who would tie a dog to the roof of their car? It can’t ride inside with the people? WTF is that kind of thinking?
L_Mariachi

You might want to look up what “ad hominem” means. Hint: it’s not “random insult based on actual past actions.”
Cowicide

I got quite a chuckle from the Romney “comment”. It’s even funnier now that I see that you’re upset about it.
travtastic

Unintended consequences. Little did he know that he would double the number of funny Mitt comments!