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Merseyside Police dog killed while on duty
A Merseyside police dog has been killed while on duty. German Shepherd Ghost was found dead early this morning on the M6 motorway after being hit by a vehicle. The dog, who would have been four-years-old next week, had been searching for intruders after the alarm was raised at an address at Southworth Road in Newton-le-Willows . PD Ghost and handler Constable Dave Bartley were called at around 4am to try and trace the offenders. But a short while later he was found on the motorway and died after suffering traumatic injuries after being hit by a vehicle – police say was not connected with the incident they were involved in. Ghost, had been a serving police dog for nearly four years, and worked with Constable Bartley on numerous jobs including one recently whilst off duty where a man was detained for theft of a car in the St Helens area. On one of their last shifts together PD Ghost and Constable Bartley located a man who was hiding in a wooded area after a report of an incident in Norris Green and located a cash box from a taxi driver after it had stolen from the cab. Earlier this year Constable Bartley and Ghost were called to the area around Mather Avenue after reports of an aggravated burglary.
