A University of Colorado student whose dog suffered a broken leg after being struck by a Boulder police officer’s patrol vehicle wants the city to help with her $1,100 vet bill.
City officials said officers acted appropriately in the case. And while they said they would consider any claim filed by the dog’s owner, the city has not traditionally paid for animals struck by city vehicles.
Lauren Battista was asleep, and her roommate Chelsea Farese was drinking with friends, early Friday morning when Payton, an 8-month-old Australian shepherd-terrier mix, wandered away from their apartment at 828 Marine St. on University Hill.
Farese said the dog came back, looking oddly tired, and curled up under a porch swing where she was sitting with friends. A few minutes later, a neighbor came up crying that Payton had been hit by a police car, which had driven away, Farese said.
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