A Marietta police dog died Monday morning after running into the path of a van.
Officer Ray Figueroa was giving "Inja" a break in the Oakwind subdivision, off Antioch Road near Kennesaw, shortly after 7 a.m., Officer David Baldwin with Marietta police said. Figueroa and Inja were in the common play area in the neighborhood, police said.
As Pamela Seed, of Kennesaw, was driving southbound on Antioch Road, Inja entered the roadway and into the path of Seed's Oldsmobile Silhouette, Baldwin said. The Belgian Shepherd Malinois was struck by the front driver's side of the van and died at the scene.
Cobb County police officers are investigating the collision, but no charges are expected, Baldwin said.
"It was a horrible accident," Baldwin said.
Marietta has two other police dogs.
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