Police dog Carlos found an 86-year-old missing after an accident in a snowstorm near Graz on Tuesday morning and probably saved his life.
The man had previously crashed his car into several trees and then left the scene of the accident. A witness called the police. During the search, Carlos’ nose proved to be reliable: he sniffed out the missing person two hours after the accident. A witness dialed the police emergency number around 2 a.m. and reported that a car was apparently driving aimlessly on its field in Kainbach near Graz. Patrol officers found that the car had hit several trees. However, the wreck was blocked, and there was no trace of the handlebars.
The police came across the home address of the alleged driver via the license plate. His wife said that her husband had not been available by phone since Monday morning. The officials initiated search measures due to the weather conditions with snowfall at minus temperatures and possible injuries to the man. Shortly after 4 a.m., the Belgian shepherd dog Carlos and his police service dog handler from the “Tasso Graz” service dog station found the man unharmed near the accident site. He seemed disoriented in time and place.
The police officers immediately brought the 86-year-old home. Further investigations into the accident are still to be carried out.
more from chronicle
TU Vienna initiates plagiarism proceedings against poppers
Tires thrown from the highway in the gas station shop: customer injured
Rock provides insight into life on Mars
AK warns: Next strong rent increase in April
My themes
For your saved topics
found new items.
info By clicking on the icon you add the keyword to your topics.
info
Click on the icon to open your “My Topics” page. They have of 15 tags saved and would have to remove tags.
info By clicking on the icon you remove the keyword from your topics.
Add the theme to your themes.
Source: Nachrichten
