Stuff to Blog About: In the News June 15th 2008

Stuff to Blog About: In the News June 15th 2008: A street-sweeping truck roaring down a Bronx street sucked up a dog and killed her as her owner held the leash.

Ginger, center, a Boston terrier, was killed by a street-sweeping truck in the Bronx .

The owner said he had just finished walking his two Boston terriers and was about to put them into his car when the truck appeared . The retired transit worker said he was suddenly whipped around and saw one of the dogs, Ginger, being swallowed by the sweeper's round bristles.

"I went berserk at that moment because I couldn't believe what had occurred,"

He yelled at the driver to stop, but the truck kept going. He and friends chased the truck for 2 ½ blocks before catching up with it. Ginger's slight body was later pulled from the sweeper.

The city Department of Sanitation called the death "a rare and unfortunate accident."