Quote:A street-sweeping truck has sucked a dog up through its bristles on a New York street, leaving its horrified owner holding nothing but the lead.
Robert Machin, 57, had just finished walking his two Boston terriers in the Bronx and was about to load them into his car when the truck appeared.
He recalls being whipped around, only to glimpse Ginger meeting her end in the sweeper's round brushes.
City sanitation officers described the dog's death as "rare and unfortunate".
But Mr Machin, a retired public transport worker, questioned whether the driver had been observing proper procedures.
The truck, he said, seemed to have been barrelling through the street at an unsafe speed.
"It happened so fast," he told the New York Daily News.
"It spun me around, and as it spun me around, I caught a last glimpse of her.
"I was devastated. I was completely dumbfounded and shocked. I mean, I just witnessed my dog sucked up into a street sweeper."
He said he had chased the truck for about two and a half blocks, shouting for the operator to stop.
The driver eventually came back but refused to turn off the whirring brushes that had crushed Ginger until he arrived, the paper adds.
The Department of Sanitation offered its condolences to Mr Machin and his family but added: "It is important for all New Yorkers to remember to maintain the safety of their animals while walking city streets."
Ginger's master who, according to the New York Daily News, plans to contact the Humane Society and hire a lawyer, said his lost dog had been like family to him.
"My children are all grown up," he said.
"These two dogs, they're my life," he added, choking back tears.
Ginger (centre) is seen here with two other dogs of her breed
that's fucked up. The driver didn't stop for two blocks and still didn't turn off his brushes after destroying that dog. He must have been high or drunk. Or both.
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Quote:Wykydtron opened his big mouth to say: that's fucked up. The driver didn't stop for two blocks and still didn't turn off his brushes after destroying that dog. He must have been high or drunk. Or both.
OR MAYBE HE DIDN'T HEAR THE BLOOD CURDLING BARKING OF THE DOG OR IT'S RABID OWNER OVER THE STREET SWEEPER'S ENGINE!?
Seriously people it's not like the guy was driving a golf cart, he was driving a street cleaner powered by a massive diesel engine. He probably couldn't speak English anyway(I'm saying this because I have observed that it's mostly migrant workers driving the street sweepers around here - they clean the parking lot at Target at like 3:00AM- it may be different up in NYC).
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that's fucked up. The driver didn't stop for two blocks and still didn't turn off his brushes after destroying that dog. He must have been high or drunk. Or 
