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"A car insurer has asked a Canadian family to pay for repairing a broken bumper after their dog was struck by the vehicle and died, local media said Thursday.
The traffic accident occurred in March while Jake, a 12-year-old yellow Labrador, was out for his daily stroll around a quiet neighborhood in Aurora, Ontario, north of Toronto.
Kim Flemming had let the dog out when she arrived home from work. Moments later, a man knocked on the door to say a car had run over Jake.
"I got to the road and he was dying," Flemming told the Toronto Star. "He died in my arms.""
(http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0527/family-asked-pay-car-damage-dog-run-killed/)

A lot of discussion on this thread assumes that the dog was hit on the roadway. The article does not say this. It says that the dog was dying when the owner reached the roadway. The dog's location is not specified. Even the subsequent statement is not an adequate description of the accident:

"State Farm spokesman John Bordignon told the Star: "They could have made sure their dog wasn't free on the roadway.""

This thread is similar to watching a tennis match played with an imaginary tennis ball. It is evident that nobody here cares for discussing the facts of the situation. Does anyone have a link to an article with more specific information?