2 Arizona men hit and killed while helping an injured dog in the road
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The investigation is ongoing, but Arizona officials said they do not believe any type of impairment was a factor in the incident.
Two men, including a former police chief, were hit and killed in Arizona while tending to an injured dog in a roadway Sunday night.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the incident happened around 7 p.m. after 47-year-old Nooraly Lalji struck a dog that was on the road near Lincoln Drive in Paradise Valley, northeast of Phoenix.
Lalji reportedly turned around after the collision and got out to help the dog. The dog’s owner, 78-year-old John Wintersteen, rushed out of his nearby home to help as well.
While tending to the animal, Lalji and Wintersteen were struck by a Lexus RX. A Nissan Sentra then hit at least one of the men after they had already been struck, officials said.
Both men died from their injuries at the hospital.
