Military veteran’s service dog that escaped during I-70 crash reunited with owner after becoming lost near tunnels
Bob — a 3-year-old shiba inu — ran across several lanes of I-70 traffic and spent the night near the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels before being rescued.
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A military veteran’s service animal escaped his vehicle during a crash on Interstate 70 late last week.
But cooperation between first responders, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the nonprofit Summit Lost Pet Rescue helped reunite the service dog with his owner the morning after the crash. Bob — a 3-year-old shiba inu — ran across several lanes of interstate traffic and spent the night near the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels at an elevation of nearly 11,000 feet, before being rescued, Summit Lost Pet Rescue founder Melissa Davis said.
“Everyone was so invested in this,” Davis said of the team that helped with the rescue. “Everybody was so worried about (Bob), and everybody was so determined to get him back safely.”
The crash occurred on eastbound I-70 just west of the tunnels a little before noon Thursday, April 3. Nobody knows for sure how Bob escaped the vehicle, but Davis said that it is likely he got out through the windshield, which was blown out in the crash. Read the full story at our partner, SummitDaily.com.
