Hasbrouck Heights Police Officers Rescue Dog Who Jumped From Car Window

The Shihtzu mix chased an opossum and got stuck in brush behind the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights Meadowlands Hotel on Terrace Avenue off Route 17 just after 7 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said.

Responding Officers Nicholas Brunetti and Michael Renna found the pooch, whose head was poking into a hole, Colaneri said.

Using a dog noose, they freed the pup -- who was returned, unharmed, to the owner, the lieutenant said.

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