Washington: King County K9 officer dies after being hit by truck

King County Sheriff's Office K9 Jimmy died early Saturday after being struck by a vehicle along SR 599 in South Park. Sergeant B.J. Myers said at about 1 am, Deputy Travis Brunner and his partner K9 Jimmy were at Cecil Moses Park in Tukwila getting some exercise while on shift, as they had done many times.

Jimmy had his harness and strobe light on but got through a break in a chain link fence and out onto the highway, where he was hit by a semi truck. Myers said the truck did not stop, and it's not known if the driver even knew what happened. Jimmy, a 2-year-old black German Shepherd, had been working with the Sheriff's Office since November 2014.