Woman Crashed Her Car On A Rural Road And Hero Stray Dog Came To Her Rescue

Shannon Lorio, a 36-year-old woman living in Pavo, was out for a drive on some winding country roads. As she came into a curve too quickly, she felt her car fishtail before careening down an embankment and into a ditch. During the crash, Lorio was thrown from the front seat through her back window and onto the trunk.

Lorio was dazed and unsure if she’d be able to walk. “I was bleeding from my face and my nose,” she said. Because she was in a remote area, there was no guarantee that any passing motorist would see what had happened to her. It was at that moment that something incredible happened: a stray dog appeared seemingly out of nowhere and began to lick her face.

Once they were acquainted, the dog pulled Lorio by her shirt collar 50 yards up a hill and through briars until they were back on the highway. Once they got there, the animal stood watch over her until they were able to flag someone down for a ride back into town. Though the dog’s previous owners had given him up to a nearby animal shelter, after the incident Lorio renamed him Hero.

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