Whitstable woman describes moment cyclist ran over her dog

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00:00So she was run over by a cyclist on the Tankerton Promenade and the cycle went, the wheels went

00:09over her back and she was in a great deal of distress and screaming and within seconds

00:17the cyclist had gone off. He must have been aware she was hurt. Then I took her straight

00:22to the vet who took her in. She went into shock and they took her in and they had her

00:27in for the whole day and they did x-rays, they had to check for in case she'd ruptured

00:34organs or broken her spine and she had to be on oxygen and medication for shock. I collected

00:42her at 6.30 in the evening. The bill was over £1,300. I'm not insured which is my own choice

00:51and so I paid it. But I really felt that the person who did this took no responsibility

01:00and more importantly took no care. He didn't seem concerned that he'd hurt an animal. That

01:06was what really upset that people would do this to each other and not express any form

01:12of concern whether they thought they were responsible or not. It seems to happen more

01:18and more in that area and that worries me too for future walks.