Lucy is getting a lot of love this weekend after a Maple Ridge family thought they’d lost her forever.
On Wednesday, Randy Hutchinson was loading up his work truck in the garage when his four-year-old wolfhound-shepherd cross slipped out the front door. Before he knew it, she dashed across the street and was hit by two vehicles.
“I thought she was dead on the spot…you don’t survive an accident like that.” he said.
An injured Lucy took off running while only one of the drivers bothered to stop.
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According to Hutchinson, the accident was the latest example of speeding drivers on 244th street and McClure Drive in Maple Ridge.
“I’m very frustrated. I’ve made several calls to the local RCMP…and to no avail,” Hutchinson said. “They say there’s nothing we can really do about it.”
Police say they’ve received no complaints of speeding vehicles in the Maple Crest subdivision area and ICBC’s most recent stats show only one crash at 244th and McClure between 2009 and 2013.
Hutchinson insists vehicles regularly travel down the street at 100 kilometres an hour, double the posted speed limit.
He said there have been four close calls in the last two years, including two vehicles that ended up in his yard. The last incident in May saw a vehicle narrowly miss his son and a friend who were playing on the lawn.
“It’s got to stop. The speeding on this street, it has to stop,” said Hutchinson.
The only solace for Hutchinson and his family is that Lucy miraculously found her way home relatively unscathed hours after being struck.
-With files from Kristen Robinson
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