By NBC News
A police dash-cam video shows officers rescuing four scared puppies from a cage strapped to the roof of a van traveling on an Ohio highway Friday.
Akron police pulled over the driver and his family after receiving multiple 911 calls about the dogs, who were wind-battered but didn’t have any injuries, Sgt. Kris Beitzel told NBC affiliate WKYC.
“I did ask him why the dogs were not riding in the car, and he said he had far more important things to put in the car, meaning his children, and there wasn’t room,” Beitzel said.
The family of six, who was…
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