- November 14, 2024
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UPDATE: 11:10 p.m. May 21: Missing dog Ice is home safe. A woman named Jill Scott, owner Jaywana Walker said, found Ice near the Winn-Dixie parking lot late the night of May 21.
The 2-year-old pit bull had been missing ever since she was thrown from Walker's car during a crash at the Interstate-95 Palm Coast Parkway ramp the evening of May 20.
Scott "was nice enough to stand there with a flashlight on her until we got there" to pick the pooch up, Walker said.
"She was our guardian angel," Walker said of Scott. "I can’t thank her enough." Ice's nose has some abrasions, but she's otherwise fine, Walker said.
The dog recognized the family's car and hopped right in when Walker's fiancé and elder daughter pulled up to get her, Walker said. The family was bathing the pup while Walker spoke with a reporter.
Original story:
A dog named Ice was thrown from her owner's car during a car wreck the evening of Friday, May 20, and the Flagler County Sheriff's Office is seeking the community's help to return the missing dog to her family.
"She is missing and frightened after being ejected from her owner's car Friday night at 6:30 after a wreck at the southbound ramp of I-95 at Palm Coast Parkway," a Sheriff's Office news release stated. "Help us help this family!"
Ice's owner, 37-year-old Palm Coast P-Section resident Jaywana Walker, was injured in the crash along with Walker's 13-year-old daughter, but both were released from the hospital the night of the crash.
Walker said Ice is a white and gray/brindle-colored pit bull just under 2 years old, and wearing a pink collar.
"She’s just this lovable puppy," Walker said. "She's such a good dog." After the crash, Ice ran past the Lowe's Home Improvement store and the Golden Corral on Cypress Edge Drive, then back toward the crash site.
Walker, who works in environmental services at Florida Hospital Flagler, said the crash happened when she had an epileptic seizure and blacked out behind the wheel. She'd recently had medical tests that showed she was safe to drive, she said, and will need more testing to find out what happened. The car left the road and struck two trees, emergency workers later told her.
Walker was taken to Halifax Hospital for trauma, and her daughter was taken to Florida Hospital Flagler with a fractured hand, and both were released the same night — Walker with "stitches everywhere," she said, and worried about her missing dog.
"She’s lovable and playful, and we just want her back," she said.
Animal control and the Humane Society have been notified, but Ice was still missing the evening of May 21. The Sheriff's Office has asked anyone who sees Ice to call the Sheriff's Office at 386-313-4911 or Walker at 386-246-9605.
