Missing dog reunited with owner weeks after crash that killed 3 family members

WEBVTT TOWN BUT NEVER CAUGHT. THAT IS UNTIL TODAY. BETHEL HAS BEEN THE HOMEBASE FOR A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BRING HO ELLIE, THE 4-YEAR-OLD BLUE HEELER ELLIE WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR IN CRASH THAT KILLED ROBERT MOLER, NICK MOLER AND 10-YEAR-OLD CAMERON MOLER. THE 10-YEAR-OLD, WHO OWNED ELLIE, HIS FATHER, AND GRANDFATHER, DIED IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE WRECK NEAR BETHEL NOVEMBER 28. ROBERT MOLER, CAMERON’S GRANDFATHER WAS A WELL-KNOWN FORMER TEACHER AND COACH AT BETHEL-TATE. HIS SON NICK, WHO WAS DRIVING, WAS A VETERAN. AND CAMERON ATTENDED SCHOOL AT KILGORE ELEMENTARY. ELLIE RAN FROM THE CRASH SCENE WHEN EMERGENCY CREWS ARRIVED >> THE DOG WAS FOUND LAYING ON TOP OF THE LITTLE BOY CAMERON AND WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS CAME , IT SPOOKED ELLIE AND SHE RAN AWAY. MOLLIE: BUT VOLUNTEERS ARMED WITH SIGNS AND SEARCH DOGS NEVER GAVE UP HOPE. THEN TUESDAY MORNING, A TEXT FROM A WOMAN IN BETHEL WHO SPOTTED ELLIE. MELISSA HILL RECOGNIZED THE DOG AND WITH THE HELP OF A CHEESEBURGER AND FRENCH FRIES GOT ELLIE INTO HER CAR. FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY MET MELISSA AT THE VET TO GET ELLIE CHECKED OUT. KATIE BAKER WAS INSPIRED TO HELP AND ORGANIZED THE SEARCH PARTY. REMEMBERING THESE WORDS FROM CAMERON’S MOTHER >> IF YOU CAN BRING THIS DOG BACK I’M NEVER GOING TO LET HER GO. MOLLIE: MELISSA SAID ELLIE WAS HUNGRY BUT OTHER THAN THAT SEEMED TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH. YOU SHE SAYS THE VET WAS SURPRISED TO SEE SHE WAS IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES. ELLIE WILL BE RETURNED TO CAMERON’S MOTH

An Ohio family's dog has been found after going missing following a car crash that killed three family members.The crash happened last week in Brown County. The dog, Ellie, was the only survivor in a crash that claimed the lives of Robert Moler, Nick Moler and 10-year-old Cameron Moler.A person said they saw Ellie wandering outside a Dollar Store in Bethel and then again at another location, so they decided to approach her and fed her a cheeseburger.Ellie is currently with a family friend at the vet and is waiting to be reunited with her owner.The search began when another woman, Katie Baker, said she was heartbroken to hear about the deadly car accident and wanted to help bring home Ellie. Baker organized volunteers in a Facebook post shared more than 16,000 times.Search crews donned orange vests and hit the streets and fields of Bethel, calling out to the missing dog.

BETHEL, Ohio —

An Ohio family's dog has been found after going missing following a car crash that killed three family members.

The crash happened last week in Brown County.

The dog, Ellie, was the only survivor in a crash that claimed the lives of Robert Moler, Nick Moler and 10-year-old Cameron Moler.

A person said they saw Ellie wandering outside a Dollar Store in Bethel and then again at another location, so they decided to approach her and fed her a cheeseburger.

Ellie is currently with a family friend at the vet and is waiting to be reunited with her owner.

The search began when another woman, Katie Baker, said she was heartbroken to hear about the deadly car accident and wanted to help bring home Ellie.

Baker organized volunteers in a Facebook post shared more than 16,000 times.

Search crews donned orange vests and hit the streets and fields of Bethel, calling out to the missing dog.

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