Peru Police dog dies after crash

There’s a sidebar story to the phone store robbery Saturday night involving the death of a Peru police K9.   The K9 unit was responding to the robbery call at the Verizon store when it was hit by another car at 36th Street and Route 251.  The officer driving the squad only had minor injuries, however, the dog Kali – was tossed from the car and later died from her injuries. . Kali,  joined the Peru Police Department last fall.  The other wasn’t ticketed.