Man survives run-in with falling dog in Poland

WARSAW, July 27 (Reuters) A man was bruised but alive after a Saint Bernard dog thrown out of a two-story window landed on him, as he was walking down the street in the southern-Polish city of Sosnowiec.

The 50-kg dog was pushed out of the window by its drunken owner on Monday, police said.

''The dog had a soft landing because it fell on a man,'' said police spokesman Grzegorz Wierzbicki. ''The dog escaped with just a few scratches.'' ''The man was also more in a psychological state of shock than physically hurt,'' Wierzbicki added.

The one-year-old dog, named Oskar, was placed in an animal shelter while police investigate its owners for animal abuse.

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