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Dog lost in East Vail car accident found alive after 2 nights in the cold

Bandit, a 6-year-old terrier mix, had been missing since Wednesday

Kate Fritsch, left, and her mother pet Bandit, a 6-year-old terrier mix, after being reunited with the dog on Friday. Bandit spent 50 hours alone, in cold conditions, following a car accident which injured Kate. (Courtesy photo)
Kate Fritsch, left, and her mother pet Bandit, a 6-year-old terrier mix, after being reunited with the dog on Friday. Bandit spent 50 hours alone, in cold conditions, following a car accident which injured Kate. (Courtesy photo)
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Kate Fritsch, left, and her mother pet Bandit, a 6-year-old terrier mix, after being reunited with the dog on Friday. Bandit spent 50 hours alone, in cold conditions, following a car accident which injured Kate. (Courtesy photo)
Kate Fritsch, left, and her mother pet Bandit, a 6-year-old terrier mix, after being reunited with the dog on Friday. Bandit spent 50 hours alone, in cold conditions, following a car accident which injured Kate. (Courtesy photo)

In a happy ending that some weren’t expecting, a lost dog was found Friday in East Vail after spending 50 hours alone in cold conditions.

Bandit, a 6-year-old terrier mix, had been missing since Wednesday after he could not be located following a rollover crash on Interstate 70, which sent 19-year-old Kate Fritsch to the hospital with a head injury. She received stitches and is doing OK.

The dog’s owners — Kate and her father, Kyle Fritsch — had remained optimistic, but were fearing the worst after examining the scene of the accident. Kyle assumed the dog had been tossed off the slippery bridge where the rollover occurred, east of East Vail on Vail Pass.

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