No its not a tragic accident, its irresponsibility of a dog owner.
You see unlike a CHILD.. which is not OWNED... it is not a Posession.. a DOG IS.
Your attempts at equating humans to pets is admirable though.. You should go work for PETA.
The owners of this dog need to suck it up and man up. If you aren’t going to take the responsibility of being a dog owner, don’t own a dog.
Just as no parent can have 100% of their child likewise a pet owner cannot have 100% of their pet.
The thing on this thread that makes me shake my head is this mythical belief that animals are simply possessions with no will of their own.
The dog stupidly dashed out of the house.
The dog dashed into the street.
The dog was hit by a car.
In no way, shape or form was there a chance for the owner to stop the above from happening. The owner would have preferred that the dog did none of the above, but it isn't a wrench, it's a dog. The child analogy was to demonstrate how ridiculous it sounds when people start equating animals with tires or rocks. Inanimate objects have no will of their own thus easily fall into the negligence argument. Animals have a will of their own and it's much harder to make that claim without a pattern of behavior.
And a 13 lb dog is not the same as a 13 lb rock, by the way. A car hitting a 13 lb rock will have much more damage done to it than a car hitting a 13 lb pillow. A 13 lb dog falls between the rock and pillow.
If he had significant damage to his car, he was likely speeding. And at that point I have to say I'm glad it was a dog and not a child that he hit.
Who knows how much damage to his car a 40 lb rock, er, I mean child would have caused.