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Today I witnessed another tragedy while at work. About 8 this morning while driving the Base boundary roads, I was passing by a couple of houses on the other side of the fence line on the country road. While looking over at the houses, noted a women opened the front door and let her dog out, probably for the morning pee. For whatever reason, the dog took off at full speed towards the road. It's not a heavily traveled road, 80km/h speed limit, but at the most unfortunate time a passing pick up came by and struck the dog, death was most likely instant, no crying or whimpering. The driver had locked up the brakes and was very close to loosing control, must have been a stroke of luck the driver maintained control instead of ending up in the big trees. The driver didn't stop, just left the scene. The worst part, the dogs owner had seen the whole event and understandably went into a writhing fit of cry and screaming. Her daughter came out and then both went to recover the dogs remains. Think of it, a simple click of the leash or having a dog(cat) run would have prevented that animals death and owners grief. Whether you're out in the country or suburbia, two to three tons of vehicle against an animal are no match. Was the driver going too fast, definitely not. Was the driver maybe not paying attention, I doubt it. At a speed of 80km/h 50mph, you're going about 50 feet per second. Knowing your average reaction time is about 3/4 of a second at best, that driver had probably already hit the dog before getting his foot near the brake. I'm glad the driver didn't loose it and and end up in the woods. That could have been another tragedy. Should the driver have stopped, yes. Then again, maybe he thought he hit one of the local coyotes, same colour as the dog and about the same size. Not that this event will play on my mind for long, I'm a bit thick skinned. It's just something for pet owners to ponder.