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PoliticAverse

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Wed Sep 30, 2015, 11:53 AM Sep 2015

Police: Dog rescued after driving owner's pickup into lake

ELLSWORTH, Maine, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Police in Maine said a small dog was to blame for driving its owners pickup truck into a lake by knocking the vehicle out of gear.

The Ellsworth Police Department said the Yorkie's owner had been walking the dog around Branch Lake Saturday afternoon and he put the canine back into his pickup truck while it was idling.

Lt. Harold Page told the Ellsworth American the dog "knocked the truck out of gear and it rolled down the parking lot into the lake."

The Ellsworth Police Department said in a Facebook post the dog was rescued from the submerged pickup by a woman who is a friend of the owner.

Read the rest at: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/09/29/Police-Dog-rescued-after-driving-owners-pickup-into-lake/2551443551495/

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