UPS driver 'crushed family dog' after they hurled 55-pound package over garden fence
Topics: Animal Cruelty, Los Angeles, US News
Joe Yates
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Topics: Animal Cruelty, Los Angeles, US News
A woman has claimed that her beloved pup was killed after a package was thrown over her gate in a tragic accident.
Naria Harutjunjan of North Hills, Los Angeles, was minding her business with her two beloved dogs Cookie and Lulu when she let them out the house and into the garden to play.
But shortly after 5.00pm she noticed the pair gathering around the front gate, so she took Cookie inside. However, by the time she went back out for Lulu, she says a package - which roughly weighs the same as a microwave - was on top of her.
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Speaking to CBS, the Californian claimed: "I took the package and I saw my dog, she couldn't move anymore."
The incident was captured on CCTV from her neighbor's cameras, and footage shows the delivery driver walk up to the gate with the parcel before heaving it over the gate.
The UPS driver then appeared to squat as if he was looking underneath the gate - assuming he heard a noise and was checking to see what it was - before getting in his vehicle and driving off.
UPS told the New York Post that it was aware of the situation and plans to investigate.
Harutjunjan continued: "My neighbors were there. They helped me with the dog to bring her to the Mission Hills clinic. But they said she passed away."
According to Harutjunjan, the UPS delivery driver, who was dropping off an Amazon package, didn't even attempt to use her Ring doorbell before deciding to toss the parcel, which weighs around the same as three-and-a-half bowling balls.
Lulu was only rescued by Harutjunjan last year, and before allowing her and Cookie to go outside she told her just how much she loved her.
Speaking to the broadcaster on Thursday, she said: "Yesterday, before I went to let her out, I took her and I said, 'I don't know, Lulu, why but I love you so much. That was the last time."
Harutjunjan has since contacted her attorney as she looks at the possibility of taking legal action against UPS, the delivery driver himself, and Amazon.
A spokesperson for UPS said: "We're aware of the situation in North Hills. We are certainly concerned and have been in contact with the customer. We are investigating and will take appropriate action."
UNILAD has contacted Amazon for comment.