[nagdu] Washington - Guide dog killed crossing Kennewick street

[Ginger Kutsch]

ACCIDENT: Guide dog killed crossing Kennewick street
By Paula Horton, Herald staff writer 
 
Kennewick A guide dog died after being hit by a car while leading
his owner 
across a street in Kennewick.
Bernie R. Vinther, 65, and his dog, Kaber, were crossing the
street at Sixth 
Avenue and Washington Street around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when they
were 
struck by a car driving north on Washington Street, said
Kennewick police.
The car was driven by Victorino Mendoza, 46, of Pasco. He was not
arrested 
or charged.
Vinther was treated at Kennewick General Hospital with
nonlife-threatening 
injuries. Kaber was a black lab.
Vinther had just left the Kennewick police station where he
volunteers.
The crash remains under investigation by the Kennewick police's
traffic 
unit. 
 
 
 
 
 


Ginger Bennett Kutsch
Morristown, NJ