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A guide dog-in-training has saved the lives of two people after alerting them to an out-of-control car speeding in their direction.
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Video footage of the incident shows the Labrador, named O'Neil, leading two handlers down a footpath in California on Monday.
The dog can be seen turning around to the sound of a car speeding toward the trio from behind.
O’Neil alerts his blindfolded female handler, Danielle Alvarado, to the oncoming car by tugging at his lead and steering her around a corner.
Ms Alvarado’s training supervisor, Todd Jurek, also notices the car and can be seen pushing the woman around the corner and out of harm's way.
Mr Jurek credited O'Neil for noticing the car, driven by a 93-year-old-woman who had been attempting to do a parallel park when she hit the accelerator instead of the break.
"I think O’Neil heard the wheels come upon the curb, so he heard that before I did,” Mr Jurek told NBC News.
"It was him first, and then me."
No one was hurt in the incident and no charges will be laid.
[video=youtube;BiU4SvdjWm4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiU4SvdjWm4[/video]
Video footage of the incident shows the Labrador, named O'Neil, leading two handlers down a footpath in California on Monday.
The dog can be seen turning around to the sound of a car speeding toward the trio from behind.
O’Neil alerts his blindfolded female handler, Danielle Alvarado, to the oncoming car by tugging at his lead and steering her around a corner.
Ms Alvarado’s training supervisor, Todd Jurek, also notices the car and can be seen pushing the woman around the corner and out of harm's way.
Mr Jurek credited O'Neil for noticing the car, driven by a 93-year-old-woman who had been attempting to do a parallel park when she hit the accelerator instead of the break.
"I think O’Neil heard the wheels come upon the curb, so he heard that before I did,” Mr Jurek told NBC News.
"It was him first, and then me."
No one was hurt in the incident and no charges will be laid.
