[nagdu] Washington - Guide dog killed crossing Kennewick street
Ginger Kutsch
gingerKutsch at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 19 15:39:00 UTC 2010
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
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