[nagdu] Guide dog dragged from SkyTrain suffered serious injuries

Mark J. Cadigan kramc11 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 4 12:12:56 UTC 2010


My question is, why did the dog get off? If that train system is anything 
like the T it is probably extremely crowded and, people push and shuv to try 
to get off. The dog very well could have gotten pushed off the train by 
mistake.

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> Guide dog dragged from SkyTrain suffered 'serious injuries'
> Passengers on the platform jumped into the track to rescue the
> dog
> By Tiffany Crawford, Vancouver Sun October 3, 2010
> http://tinyurl.com/277d3uj
>
>
> Iris Thompson's guide dog, Palm, in recovery. The 5-year-old
> labrador had a shattered nose, cracked ribs, and a punctured lung
> after being dragged by a moving SkyTrain at Lougheed Station on
> Thursday. People on the platform watched in horror after the
> doors closed on the dog's leash, and the dog was dragged into a
> pole at the end of the platform. Palm then fell into the tracks.
>
> Photograph by: Screengrab, Global BCA blind woman's guide dog who
> was seriously injured after being dragged by the SkyTrain will
> recover but likely will not be able to work with the blind again,
> a TransLink spokesman said on Sunday.
>
> Ken Hardie said the incident happened around 10:30 a.m. Thursday
> when the SkyTrain stopped at the Lougheed Station platform and
> for some unknown reason the dog disembarked the train while the
> woman did not.
>
> Riders watched in horror as the door closed and the dog started
> running along the platform to keep up with the train before she
> fell and was dragged along the platform.
> "It was terribly traumatic," said Hardie. "The poor dog was
> pulled off the platform and onto the track. In the process the
> dog struck a post."
> The leash was thin, he said, and it snapped just as the train
> left the station.
> Hardie said there are automatic sensors that cause the train to
> stop if someone or something is on the tracks at the station but
> because the dog didn't hit the tracks until just beyond the
> platform, they didn't go off.
> People immediately called SkyTrain security and the train was
> stopped, said Hardie, adding that concerned citizens then jumped
> onto the tracks to fetch the badly injured dog.
> They heaved the dog off the tracks and sat comforting her while
> they waited for help to arrive.
> The dog's owner got off at the next stop and was helped home by
> SkyTrain employees. Staff also took the dog to the veterinarian.
> Hardie said the dog suffered a broken nose among other "serious
> injuries" but said he is expected to survive.
> "It may not work again as a guide dog but we don't know if that's
> due to its actions of leaving the train too early or because of
> the injuries."
> The woman has filed an incident report, but Hardie could not say
> whether she was seeking compensation from TransLink.
> He said a full review will be conducted, which may include an
> additional investigation with a provincial safety regulator to
> see whether the system worked properly.
> ticrawford at vancouversun.com
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