A dog that ran away into southern Queensland bushland after surviving a car crash that killed its owner has been found alive, two weeks after the incident, following a search initiated by the dead man’s family
Merlin the kelpie-cross had been travelling around Australia with his Victorian owner Simon Hannan, until he was killed by a car between Monto and Eidsvold on the Burnett Highway, west of Bundaberg, last month.
The distressed dog fled the scene of the crash and fled into bushland, remaining missing for more than 14 days, until he was discovered on a nearby farm.