Newquay hit and run husky dog seriously injured by van Published duration 12 February 2018

image copyright Chris Wingfield image caption Vets estimate the cost of treatment could be more than £6,000

A dog was run over by a large van and "dragged ten metres" before the driver stopped then fled, leaving the animal seriously injured.

Zeus, a two-year-old husky, was bounding "at full speed" to reach Fistral Beach, Newquay, when the "idiot driver" came "screaming round a corner," witnesses said.

The dog suffered two punctured lungs and two broken legs.

A stranger picked the dog and his owner up and rushed them to a vet.

Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed they have received reports of a Siberian husky being hit by a van on Tower Road at 15:10 GMT on Friday.

Zeus's owner, Chris Wingfield, said: "He's such an adorable dog, so placid.

"All I want is to get him home. I miss my baby."

image copyright Chris Wingfield image caption Zeus was hit by a van in Newquay, Cornwall

Vets estimate the cost of treatment could be more than £6,000 and a crowdfunding page has been set up.

Of the driver, Ms Wingfield said: "It's not his fault the dog got out, but it is his fault he didn't stop to see if my baby was OK.

"That makes him a very nasty person."