Video: Drink drive tragedy unravels after fisherman posts dog rescue video online A day later a tragic explanation of the incident revealed itself after it transpired that the dog's owner, 53 year-old Donna Chen, had been hit and killed by a drunk driver whilst out walking her pet on Saturday afternoon. According to local police Ms Chen was killed when Blake Talman, 22, who was fleeing from another crash scene, struck her and her dog as they walked along the pavement around a mile away from where Barney later turned up on camera. Updating the YouTube entry to confirm that the mystery had been solved in a "very sad and unfortunate" fashion, Barney's rescuer later commented on what he believed had happened following the accident. He stated: "Our guess is that he [Barney] was so freaked out and traumatised that he just wanted to get as far away from there as possible. And when he ran out of land, he took to the water. I feel lucky that I was there fishing, because there was no place for him to go and I don't know if he could have made it much further. He's banged up, but fine. Our hearts go out to the family who lost their mother.