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Hit and Run Driver Flees Scene After Striking Dog on Macken Avenue and El Dorado Street

AI SUMMARY: At 13:27, a grey box-shaped vehicle similar to a Kia Soul hit a dog at the intersection of Macken Avenue and El Dorado Street. The vehicle left the scene heading westbound on Pacific. The dog, identified as a border collie, was tragically killed in the accident. The California Highway Patrol changed the incident from an animal hazard to a hit and run with no injuries. The owners of the dog located the scene and moved the dog into the grass before taking it away in a truck. Additionally, the CHP clarified that they were unable to locate the witness and the deceased dog at the scene.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 2:31 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.

1:26 p.m.
Hit and Run Driver Flees Scene After Striking Dog on Macken Avenue and El Dorado Street
UPDATES
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1:27 p.m.
[4] GRY BOX SHAPED VEH SIM TO KIA SOUL VS 1144 DOG
1:27 p.m.
[5] BORDER COLLIER DOG IS NOW 1144
1:27 p.m.
[6] VEH LEFT SCENE LS WB ON PACIFIC
1:27 p.m.
[7] 1144 DOG 1125
1:29 p.m.
[9] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1125A-Animal Hazard to 20002-Hit and Run No Injuries by CHP
1:50 p.m.
[13] TO REPT PRTY IT , LOCATED THE SCENE GOA DOG
2:23 p.m.
[17] [Appended, 14:28:11] [3] rp recalled adv THEY LOCATED THE VEH THAT HIT THE DOG
2:25 p.m.
[21] [Appended, 14:28:11] [7] RP ADV THEY MOVED THE 1144 DOG IN THE GRASS AND OWNERS TOOK THE DOG AWAY IN TRUCK
2:28 p.m.
[24] CLARIFICATION TO LN 13 UTL ON THE RP AND DOG LOCATED THE SCENE //LE [Shared]

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