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Early this afternoon, the State Police Barracks in Andover received reports of a large German Shepherd walking in the travel lanes on the southbound side of Route 495 in Methuen. The pup was walking in and out of traffic in all three lanes.
Troopers Malachy Higgins and Dana Atkinson responded and located the dog, and tried to escort her off the roadway and toward an off-ramp. The dog, however, ran back into traffic. With the help of Methuen Police and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, all lanes of traffic were temporarily closed. Trooper Higgins then lured the the roamin’ pup into his cruiser with a granola bar. The dog jumped into the driver’s seat and sat behind the wheel.
Trooper Higgins got into the cruiser and got the tired pooch to move over into the passenger seat. The Shepherd now in State Police “custody,” Trooper Higgins drove her off the highway and onto Marston Street, where the pup was turned over to Lawrence Animal Control, who in turn returned Lexi to her family, no doubt much to their relief.
Thank you to Lawrence and Methuen Police (who shared photos below) and Mass. DOT for their assistance.
