Forwarded:
Saturday, October 19, 2007, somewhere around 10am to noon, an owner was traveling with her Greyhound through McGrady, North Carolina in Wilkes County and ended up in a very serious car accident on HWY 18. She was traveling with her young red fawn female hound named Charlene on their way to Fort Benning, Georgia. The owner of Charlene ended up unconscious and the back window of her car got broke out. Charlene got out through the broken back window. We do not know if Charlene was injured in the wreck or not or which way she was headed when she got loose because Charlene's owner was unconscious.

Charlene is a young red fawn female approximately 3 or 4 yrs of age wearing a black collar with a black leash attached. If you need a pic of Charlene, she is on the Greyhound Data base (www.greyhound-data.com) under the race name of Nutty Charlene.

Star City Greyhound volunteers are about 3 to 4 hours from the site of the crash and are asking for any and all help to find Charlene since Charlene was adopted through Star City Greyhounds.

The wreck happened about 3 miles south of the Fire Station on HWY 18 in McCrady, North Carolina. The address of the fire station is 11461 HWY 18, McCrady, North Carolina. Melissa at the fire station is going out to look for Charlene and is asking for assistance from anyone who is close by this area and is experienced with Greyhounds.

Contact numbers are as follows:

Melissa at the McCrady Fire Dept: 336-984-0129

Sarah with Star City Greyhounds: 540-309-8067

Lee Bristor with Star City Greyhounds: 540-366-0945

Please, if you are near this area and can help search for Charlene, it would be greytly appreciated. If more info is needed, please contact one of the people above. I'm only helping out by notifying everyone via the lists. Cross posting permission to other lists and groups nearby the scene of the accident is ok. The more people looking for Charlene the better since we do not know if she has been injured or not. It is not known at this time if flyers have been posted since Charlene's owner was injured in the wreck.

Thanks in advance. Let's get Charlene back safe and sound and re-united with her mom.

The dog has been found in the woods, but unfortunately, did not survive....
Run free, sweet girl...

Oh Christine, this just breaks my heart. Run free sweet Charlene! Tell the others that have gone before you that we still think of them.