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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

WFTV live truck hits, kills dog dowtown

Roger Simmons, October 19, 2007

It’s been a tough week to be a television journalist in Orlando. A Fox 35 reporter was arrested earlier this week, then on Wednesday night a WFTV live truck struck and killed a dog that was being walked by its owner.small breed dog, being walked by its owner on one of those long, retractable leashes, suddenly ran into the street near downtown Orlando about 6:30 Wednesday night and was hit (and killed) by a WFTV-9-ABC live truck. A station photographer, at the wheel, said he was unable to avoid hitting the dog.”

NewsBlues.com reports that “the

WFTV news director Bob Jordan came upon the accident scene on his way to dinner. “As a dog lover, it was quite troubling,” Jordan told NewsBlues.

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