Dog Gone! Chihuahua Drives Away As Owner Pumps Gas Narrowly Avoids Causing Major Traffic Collision

SLIDELL, LA. (THECOUNT) — A 5-pound chihuahua escaped causing a multi-vehicle pile-up after somehow slipping an SUV in gear as his owner pumped gas in Slidell, Louisiana, according to reports.

Police in Slidell released gas station surveillance video showing a woman pumping gas as her vehicle start to roll backward toward a busy Slidell intersection.

The woman can be seen frantically attempting to stop the 3,000 pound vehicle as it picked up speed toward the busy intersection. It should be noted that it is best to never attempt to stop a rolling vehicle, as proof when the lady appears to take a nasty tumble.

Though the SUV is said to have be “left running” when the K9 mishap occurred, we are guessing it was left in neutral and the pup somehow released the emergency brake.

Police said the chihuahua was somehow able to cause the vehicle to go into reverse and it began backing away from the gas pump and onto Gause Boulevard behind it, reported DFWCBS.

In the video released by police, the owner could be seen frantically trying to open the driver door but it was locked.

The SUV can then be seen traveling across the four-lane roadway into cross traffic as it narrowly misses several fast moving vehicles.

The SUV eventually comes to a stop when it backed into another gas station that was under construction.

Police said the owner suffered a minor injury.

“It’s a miracle that no one was seriously injured and that no other vehicles were struck during this incident,” Slidell police said on Facebook. “Let this be a lesson to everyone to please use caution when leaving pets inside of your vehicle.”

Geo quick facts: Slidell is a city on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 27,068 at the 2010 census. Greater Slidell has a population of about 90,000. It is part of the New Orleans−Metairie−Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.