SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) - A dog has survived a
110-mile ride on the hot engine of a pickup truck during a Southern
California heat wave.
The driver of a Chevrolet Silverado
felt the pickup move slightly after he stopped in San Clemente on Monday. He had just driven
from Chino to Orange
and Camp Pendleton.
The Orange County Register
(bit.ly/QFtxvg) says 52-year-old Jaime Magaña noticed fur above the left front tire
and he opened the hood to find a 25-pound dog atop the engine.
Temperatures outside were nudging
100 degrees.
Magaña called for help and
an animal control officer put the dog, nicknamed Chevy, into her air
conditioned truck.
It perked right up.
Magaña says he's seen the
dog in his Chino
neighborhood.
The hunt is on for the dog's owner.
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