Crime & Safety
Dogs, Pedestrian Killed In 2 Separate Crashes In Rohnert Park
First responders dealt with two vehicle collisions involving pedestrians and their dogs in just over an hour Sunday morning.
ROHNERT PARK, CA — Rohnert Park first responders dealt with two vehicle collisions involving pedestrians and their dogs in just over an hour Sunday morning.
After the first collision, just after 7 a.m. on eastbound Rohnert Park Expressway near the railroad crossing that killed a pedestrian and his dog, a second apparently unrelated collision occurred at 8:07 a.m. on the 4000 block of Dowdell Avenue.
Arriving officers determined the pedestrian in the second collision wasn't injured, but his dog was killed in the hit-and-run crash.
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The pedestrian and his dog were transported to an animal hospital, where the dog died.
The dog owner told police he and his dog were walking on the southbound shoulder when the dog was struck by a "lifted" blue Toyota Tundra truck, driven by a thin white male wearing man black hat. The truck may have sustained damage to its lower front portion.
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Police said the driver allegedly didn't stop after the collision and left either toward Golf Course Drive or Millbrae Avenue.
Police ask anyone with information about the collision to contact police at 707-584-2600.
By Tony HicksBay City News
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