A dog traveling in a 2000 Chevy Impala in Union County, jumped into the driver’s lap, causing her to lose control, Thursday, resulting in a collision. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says 41-year-old Melinda Ann Foland, of Afton, was driving the car northbound in the 1700 block of Osage Street at around 12:11-p.m., when the incident occurred. When she lost control, her car entered the southbound lane. 74-year-old Wayne E. Hill, of Afton was driving a 2010 Ford Escape. He saw the car cross into his lane, and honked his horn. He also took evasive action to the point of attempting to exit the road, but his SUV was sideswiped by the car.

The driver’s side curtain airbags deployed on the SUV, Hill brought his  vehicle to a stop off the roadway to the west. As the result of airbag deployment, he suffered from swelling below his left eye. A front seat passenger in his vehicle experienced pain in her chest. Both Hill and his passenger refused medical treatment at the scene.

The car came to rest in the northbound lane of travel.  Both vehicles were declared a total loss, with the dollar amount of loss estimated at $16,000.