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Missing dog reunited with family after fatal crash in Walton County

A head-on collision Thursday night on State Road 285 killed two motorists, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The victims’ names were not immediately released pending notification of relatives. On […]

Source: Megan Matuzek

A head-on collision Thursday night on State Road 285 killed two motorists, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

  • An SUV driven by a 43-year-old Destin man crossed the center line and collided with a motorcycle ridden by a 24-year-old Defuniak Springs woman around 10:30 p.m., the FHP said. Both drivers died at the scene.

The victims’ names were not immediately released pending notification of relatives.

On Friday, the man’s wife, Megan Matuzek, posted on Facebook that the couple’s dog was in the SUV at the time of the crash and was missing. She pleaded for help finding the dog, described as a pocket bully named Taz.

“He just lost his dad and I know he’s terrified and I just want my dog back,” Matuzek wrote.

Taz and his Dad (Megan Matuzek)

By Friday afternoon, search efforts had not turned up the dog. Matuzek posted again asking people to be on the lookout.

  • “We had an amazing tracker help but unfortunately Taz’s Trail went cold,” she wrote. “They found three bed spots where he had laid and then they could not pick up his scent anymore.”

On Saturday morning, a friend posted that Taz had been found and reunited with Matuzek. The dog was on its way to a veterinarian for evaluation.

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