PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. (WSVN) - - A woman accidentally hit a dog with her car and was unable to locate it until she heard barking coming from her car’s bumper hours later. She then found the little pup trapped under the bumper cover.
The little pup, called Barbas, is now safe and sound and rejoined with his owner, Ignacio Rangel, who is relieved his fur baby is alive.
“I’ve got 4 dogs and I don’t want to lose any,” said Rangel.
It was last Monday night when a woman driving said a dog ran out and hit her car.
Crew members at a battery and tire store say, it wasn’t until 12 hours later when the woman noticed the dog, then immediately brought her car to the shop with Barbas stuck inside the front grill.
Video shows the moment the crews at the auto shop in Port Saint Lucie freed the dog. He was rescued with only minor injuries.
“It was his time to go, The only way I can explain it is the dog hit the perfect spot at the perfect time. I think the dog just punctured this, got trapped inside, closed back up,” said Lenny Cruz, a crew member of St. Lucie Battery and Tire.
Now, back home in Fort Pierce, Rangel says Barbas is back to what he always should have been doing: being safe and secure at home with the rest of his family.
“Nothing wrong with the dog. A miracle. Yes, it’s unbelievable, I thought I lost my dog,” Rangel.
It’s the fifth animal that the auto shop has saved.
Barbas is only one and a half years old and his family says they’re glad this story had a happy ending.
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