Rep: Travolta's dogs killed in Maine were leashed

[n2doc]

(05-18) 09:12 PDT Bangor, Maine (AP) --

A spokesman for John Travolta says the actor's two dogs were leashed when they were run over and killed at Maine's Bangor International Airport.

Paul Bloch said Tuesday that the dogs were being walked from the tarmac to a grassy area when the accident happened last Thursday. The city says a service vehicle struck and killed the dogs after the airplane carrying members of Travolta's family landed.

The "Saturday Night Fever" and "Pulp Fiction" actor is an accomplished pilot who often flies to Bangor while en route to his home on Islesboro, off the Maine coast. It's unclear whether he was in the cockpit the night his dogs died.

Airport Director Rebecca Hupp says the incident is under investigation.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/05/17/state/n142522D47.DTL

[orwell]

1. RIP little friends...

...what a horrible accident.

[me b zola]

2. If they were leashed then it sounds intentional

:grr:

[dems_rightnow]

3. Hope not.

Could easily be some idiot in a hurry to get where he's going. Or texting......

[ET Awful]

4. I wouldn't go that far . . . I've seen people walk some pretty small dogs on some really long

leashes.

If they're using the retractable leashes and walking way behind the dog, it's possible the driver didn't see them. I doubt it was intentional.

[me b zola]

5. True that

I hope it was truly accidental. Sad in any case.