Family pooch dragged half a mile after lead got trapped in bus doors
A DOG was dragged half a mile when her lead got trapped in the doors of a bus.
Aaron Davies said an irate driver closed them while his partner Georgia Rattray was still on board holding Tia’s lead.
Aaron, 35, claimed the bus tore off, dragging the tiny Jack Russell with it.
The pooch was left in shock with bleeding paws.
Furious Aaron, who has a walking aid, said: “As I got off, I complained politely to the driver that he hadn’t waited for me to sit down before he pulled off because I’m on a crutch.
“He just started screaming and shouting and ranting and raving. I got off the bus and Tia followed but Georgia was still inside. The driver slammed the doors shut and drove off. He really put his foot down.”
Aaron, signed off work after being hit by a car two years ago, added: “Tia was trying to run alongside but was tripping up. She was so close to the wheel I thought she was going to go under it and get crushed.”
Aaron, from Bristol, says the driver stopped after half a mile and Georgia, 26, got off to scoop up Tia, six.
He added: “She was lying on the floor covered in blood. She was in complete shock and badly hurt.”
Avon and Somerset Police are investigating and bus firm First West is “fully assisting”.