A Waterloo resident is calling for speed reduction in her neighborhood after she says her dog was killed by a speeding vehicle.

Collette Whelan’s two-year-old dog Khaos recently escaped through the side door of her house.

“I guess he must have opened it. I’ve had him for 15 months and he’s never done anything like this,” Whelan told CTV News.

She said what happened next, she will never forget it.

“I heard the impact and the dog screaming and I ran out of the house and saw my dog ​​on the ground and the white van that hit him was driving away,” he said. she declared.

The incident on Highpoint Avenue was caught on video.

“I’ve never experienced a panic attack before, but it was a horrible situation,” Whelan said.

Whelan rescued Khaos from the Humane Society when he was 27 months old.

“He was very loving, very intelligent,” she said. “He slept with me every night. He was everything to me,” she said.

Whelan said she hopes traffic enforcement could be installed in her neighborhood to encourage people to slow down. She said she feared that next time it would be a child who would be hit.

“In my mind, the question is not whether it will happen. It’s a matter of time,” she said.

Hans Roach, councilor for Ward 3, also lives in the area. She said she saw people driving too fast on the street where it happened.

“I have raised my concerns with the Acting Transportation Commissioner for Waterloo Region. I am committed to working with the Region of Waterloo and municipal staff to explore ways to make our roads safer, whether through additional signage, speed bumps or increased enforcement,” he said. she declared in a press release.

While waiting for action to be taken, Whelan purchased signs encouraging drivers to slow down and shared them with his neighbors.

“We would like to see people slow down and be more aware that children are playing in this area. Animals are absent in this area,” Whelan said.

She said she hopes she can prevent another tragedy from happening in the future.