Dog puts car into lake

HERMITAGE, Pa. — An overly excited dog ended up putting a car in Shenango Lake, city police reported.

The dog, a 195-pound Rottweiler named Satch, was eager to get out of the car at the lake to go swimming, police said. As he was scrambling to get out, he knocked the driver, Matthew Melhorn, 27, of Mercer, Pa., out of the car at about 5:40 p.m. Thursday, they said.

Melhorn was at the Golden Run Access area boat ramp dropping off a passenger, Satch and two other dogs. The driverless car drifted down the boat ramp and sunk about 30 feet from shore. Police were planning to retrieve it Friday.