Iowa Dog Reunites with Family After Crash in West Virginia
The dog survived a fiery tractor-trailer crash, and more than 100,000 KCHA Facebook followers helped trace her Iowa family.
- Hennessy, a dog from Iowa, reunited with her family on Monday, one week after surviving a fatal tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 64 in West Virginia on June 23.
- Hennessy's owner, Jeffrey Simons, died when he lost control of his rig on June 23; witnesses pulled the dog from the cab before South Charleston police transported her to the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association.
- KCHA Community Engagement Manager Angie Gillenwater said a partial phone number on Hennessy's collar led the community to the Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown, with more than 100,000 followers on the KCHA Facebook page assisting the search.
- Hennessy's family drove from Iowa to West Virginia on Monday to retrieve the dog, while the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association accepts donations via Cash App and Venmo for travel and ownership costs.
- Staff reported that Hennessy transitioned from being timid and scared after the crash to excited and full of joy, and Gillenwater expressed gratitude for the community's outpouring of support that facilitated the reunion.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Hennessy, the dog rescued from a fiery tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 64 earlier in the month, has finally returned to her family. On June 23, a tractor-trailer and car crashed on I-64 near South Charleston, resulting in the death of the truck driver and Hennessy's owner, Jeffrey Simons, 63, of Iowa. [...]
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