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Scottish collie behind wheel of runaway vehicle causes scare

LONDON

Don the Sheepdog might want to learn a new trick: applying the brakes.

The border collie inspired a traffic scare and social media gold after he plunged down a hill and onto a highway in his master’s vehicle.

Wednesday’s incident near Abington, Scotland, began when farmer Tom Hamilton left Don sitting in his utility vehicle as he inspected lambs. He insists the parking brake was on.

Not strongly enough. The vehicle rolled through a fence, down a steep hill and across the M74 motorway, missing other vehicles and hitting a security barrier. Onlookers presumed the dog was driving, and that inspired an online joke-fest.

Some wondered if police had collared Don and put him in the doghouse, whether he was licensed to drive, or might have been barking mad.

Massachusetts police receiving calls from Australia

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass.

A Massachusetts police department has been receiving some curious calls from people with Australian accents.

Police dispatchers in Northbridge say they recently have received several calls on their business line from people in an Australian community with the same name.

Northbridge, Mass., is about 35 southwest of Boston. Northbridge, Australia, is a suburb of Perth.

Lisa Gaylord, who’s been a dispatcher for 16 years, tells The Telegram & Gazette she got her first call from Australia in March. She thinks people there probably are searching online for “Northbridge police” and calling the first number that pops up.

One disgruntled Australian said the call would “cost a fortune” and hung up.

Australian callers also have told Gaylord about a fight and to report a missing person.

Frustrated technophobe ‘kills’ computer, gets citation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

For killing the source of his frustration and abandoning the body in an alley, a Colorado man could be considered lucky for just receiving a citation — except his victim was his computer.

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that 37-year-old Lucas Hinch was slapped with a ticket for discharging a weapon within city limits after he took his computer outside and shot it eight times.

Colorado Springs police Lt. Jeff Strossner, who issued the citation, says Hinch told him he had been fighting his computer for months before he decided to exact his revenge. Hinch accepted his citation without problem and told Strossner he did not realize he was breaking the law.

The penalty for the citation will be up to a judge.

Associated Press

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