Hero dog helps lead cops to owner's car crash
Tinsley, a German Shepherd, ran from the scene of the rollover crash and got the attention of police in order to lead them back to her owner. (Photo: New Hampshire State Police)
LEBANON, N.H. - It sounds like one dog has been watching old episodes of the TV show Lassie.
The German shepherd named Tinsley, first thought to be a lost dog, successfully led New Hampshire state police to the site of its owner’s rollover crash.
Both the vehicle’s occupants were seriously hurt, but thanks to Tinsley’s dogged efforts they quickly received medical assistance once officers discovered the truck, which went off the road near a Vermont interstate junction.
"The dog was trying to show them something," said Lt. Daniel Baldassarre of the New Hampshire State Police. "He kept trying to get away from them but didn’t run away totally.
"It was kind of, ‘Follow me. Follow me.’ And they did that and you know, to their surprise to see the guardrail damaged and to look down to where the dog is looking at, it’s just, they were almost in disbelief," he said.
A New Hampshire state trooper and police from the nearby city of Lebanon responded to the crash site late Monday, just across the state line in Vermont.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.