terrier sucked in

I know I shouldn't have laughed, but it just sounds like a sketch out of Monty Python.

"A NEW York dog owner watched in horror as his terrier, still on the lead, was sucked up by a street-sweeping truck and killed.

Ginger, a Boston terrier, was killed in the Bronx on Thursday, the Associated Press reported.

Owner Robert Machin said he was about to put his two dogs into the car after a walk when the truck went past, the AP said.

Mr Machin said he was suddenly whipped around and saw Ginger being swallowed by the sweeper's bristles.

"I went berserk at that moment because I couldn't believe what had occurred," he said.

He and his friends had to chase the truck before it would stop and he could pull out the dog's body."