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A family’s pet dog was injured after a FedEx driver delivering a package drove off, hitting the dog in the process. Now, the family is demanding answers and an apology from the driver.
WJHL reports that the dog was adopted by Jessica Burleson 14 years ago. The dog, named Bear, now belongs to Jessica’s parents, who lives right next door to her.
The incident reportedly happened on November 30, when the FedEx driver delivered a package to Burleson’s home and then drove away, hitting the pooch.
Burleson tells WJHL, “When he was leaving, he didn’t bother to stop or look to see. I mean, he clearly seen Bear. He looked over in the video and turned back.”
“And he just kept on going even after he hit him, he never stopped. And my aunt and uncle actually witnessed him flying up our driveway and almost hit their dog as well.” Burleson adds.
In the video, Bear can be seen going in front of the FedEx truck, so it was impossible that the driver didn’t see him at all.
After the truck drove off, Bear can be seen limping away from the driveway.
Burleson reveals that after the incident happened, the family couldn’t find Bear for a few hours. Her dad finally found the injured pooch in the underpin of her home.
“And that’s where he was. He was up under the underpin and he found him right there and got him. He had to remove the underpinning and get him out and he was terrified and brought him over here,” Burleson explains.
Burleson said that when they found Bear, he “wasn’t crying, barking, whining, or anything”.
Naturally, the family took Bear to the vet. And that’s where they found how severe the injuries he got from being hit.
“He didn’t have any broken bones, but there was a tumor that was inside of his belly that had ruptured when he got hit,” Burleson said.
“And so basically, there’s nothing they can do. Either, they could either bring him home or put him down. And my mom and dad decided to bring him home.”
Burleson added that the vet gave Bear some pain pills and said that the pooch only had a few days left to live.
Since the incident, Burleson and her family have been in contact with FedEx and that they’re trying to resolve the issue.
“They haven’t really talked about what they’re going to do with the driver or anything,” Burleson said. “They just kind of talked that they were willing to pay the vet bills.”
Burleson also said that her parents would like to have an apology from the FedEx driver himself.
“And they would love to just know why he didn’t try to swerve around him or instead just try to stop,” She said.
“I mean, in the videos, you can clearly see that he didn’t try to stop or anything. He just kept going and never let up. He just kept going on down the driveway. It just to me it didn’t seem like he had any remorse for what happened.”
She also believes that the driver should face some kind of consequence for what he has done – either termination or some form of reprimand.
“Definitely some kind of disciplinary action to where this won’t happen to somebody else’s animal or kid.”
