I don't see how a dog could have jumped a fence like that.
Posted on 01/20/2006 1:45:39 PM PST by Serb5150
Man dies after dog falls onto car from overpass
Labrador retriever also killed after crashing through driver’s windshield
LIVONIA, Mich. - A dog apparently fell from a freeway overpass and crashed through a car windshield, fatally injuring the driver, police said Thursday.
Charles G. Jetchick, 81, died Wednesday of injuries suffered in the accident over the weekend in suburban Detroit. A passenger suffered minor injuries.
Investigators do not believe the 60- to 70-pound Labrador retriever was thrown, but rather fell by while trying to avoid a car, State Police Sgt. Michael A. Shaw said. Police questioned the dog’s owner. The dog died after a fall of about 16 feet.
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Was it raining?
Somebody said "fetch". Now I'm going home and jug my yellow lab.
Lost your balance?
sorry, hug.
What a sad and ridiculous way to die. I want to know where the dog's owner was and how his dog got onto the overpass.
Poor dog.
"A dog apparently fell from a freeway overpass and crashed through a car windshield, fatally injuring the driver, police said Thursday."
Suicide doggie-style?
Poor dog and poor man. It's amazing that he managed to safely pull over on the side of the freeway with critical injuries.
More likely the crashing through the windshield. Sad.
ping
You are, officially, sick!
Yes.
Dog's fall kills Livonia man
BY DAN WEST
STAFF WRITER
An 81-year-old Livonia man died Thursday from injuries he suffered in a freak accident Saturday when a dog jumped off a freeway overpass and fell through his windshield.
Charles Jetchick was unconscious since Sunday and died early Thursday morning at St. Mary Mercy Hospital. His family was keeping an around-the-clock vigil at the hospital since the accident.
Doctors believe the impact and shock of the incident induced a serious stroke, said his son, Bill Jetchick, who was in the car during the accident. He added his family ordered doctors to remove Charles Jetchick from a ventilator earlier this week.
“I was talking to my father, then I noticed this shadow and it all happened really fast,” Bill Jetchick said. “Then I noticed a hole in the windshield and my father’s eyes were open, but he was stiff, as if in shock.”
With his father driving, Bill took control of the steering wheel from the passenger seat. He slowed the car and maneuvered it safely to the freeway’s shoulder.
“At first I thought it was a rock or concrete or something like that,” said Bill Jetchick, who needed stitches for a hand laceration caused by flying glass. “Then I look in the back seat and there’s a dog.”
Charles and Bill were headed to West Bloomfield on Saturday afternoon. They were going to help paint at the home of Charles’ daughter, Jeannie.
They were on westbound I-96, heading toward the I-275 interchange at about 12:45 p.m. Saturday. At about the same time, a dog ran out of his yard in a neighborhood off Schoolcraft, just west of Newburgh. Michigan State Police Sgt. Mike Shaw said the dog was chasing a vehicle moving west on Schoolcraft where it crosses I-96.
The chase ended when the dog made a fatal leap off of the overpass, Shaw said.
Charles Jetchick was able to mumble some words to his son and paramedics at the accident scene, but his condition deteriorated Saturday as bleeding and swelling caused substantial brain damage, causing him to slip into unconsciousness, said Bill Jetchick, a Westland resident. His two brothers from out of state flew in late Saturday to join the family vigil at the hospital.
The tragic accident comes as a shock to Charles Jetchick’s family because he lived such an active life. He traveled, made frequent trips to the casino, regularly attended Mass at St. Edith Catholic Church and walked to play nine holes of golf three times a week last summer.
On Sunday, his four children had to make the difficult decision regarding his father’s treatment, leading to the move to pull him from life-support systems.
“The doctors told us that if he survived, he would be in need of intense and constant attention because of the brain damage,” Bill Jetchick said. “Our father told us he does not want to be incapacitated or undergo extreme means to keep him alive.”
Charles Jetchick was retiree from Sears Roebuck Co. where he worked as an appliance repairman. He has lived in Livonia since 1950. All four of his children graduated from Livonia high schools. He has been a widower since his wife of 37 years, Margaret, died in 1984. He is also survived by two grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were pending Thursday at the Harry J. Will Funeral Home, located on Six Mile near Newburgh in Livonia.
dwest@hometownlife.com | (734) 953-2109
Originally published January 19, 2006
I don't see how a dog could have jumped a fence like that.
"he will forever be remembered as the POODLEMAN..."
Sorry about that. But its the first thing I thought of.
I don't think the dog fell. I think he was pushed or dropped by the owner, who was there. If the owner admits to it, he'll be guilty of manslaughter, in addition to canine murder, so he/she made up the unlikely story of the dog falling.
Now I feel awful for posting that.
Poor guy.
Poor dog.
Note: The photo shown at #15 is NOT where this accident happened.
"Was it raining?"
Thats the funnies thing I have read in my entire life. You are one sick dude - I like it.
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