In a remarkable display of loyalty and intelligence, a devoted dog recently played a crucial role in saving its owner's life after a horrific car accident in Oregon. According to a Facebook post by the Baker County Sheriff's Office, the incident unfolded when officials received a report about "a vehicle over an embankment on US Forest Service Road 39."

The report explained that Brandon Garrett, the vehicle's owner, had not arrived at his camp the previous afternoon as expected. Garrett's family members located the crashed vehicle in the morning but were unable to reach it due to the challenging terrain. That's when one of Garrett's four dogs took heroic action.

"One of his dogs traveled the nearly four miles to their camp, which alerted the rest of the party that something was wrong," the sheriff's office stated. The dog's determination and perseverance in covering such a distance to seek assistance proved invaluable.

Haunting images from the scene depict Garrett's truck flipped on its side amid a rocky creek bed. The Baker County Search and Rescue Ropes Team swiftly deployed their rescue equipment and undertook the arduous task of reaching the stranded victim.

"Once the team was able to reach him, they loaded and secured him in a rescue basket," the post explained. Garrett was then connected to a high-line rope system and pulled across the ravine, where he was transferred to medical personnel and airlifted to a regional hospital.

The investigation revealed that Garrett, accompanied by his four dogs, had "failed to negotiate a curve, causing the vehicle to plummet off the embankment." Despite the harrowing ordeal, Garrett managed to crawl approximately 100 yards from the wreckage, where he spent the night until his family located the crash site the following morning. Remarkably, all four of Garrett's loyal companions survived the crash, with the three remaining dogs found alive at the scene.

Residents praised the first responders' efforts and paid tribute to the extraordinary actions of the dogs, with one commenter stating, "All four dogs are heroes, especially the dog with great memory who ran four miles back to camp and alerted the family." Another remarked, "Amazing. Thankful for this outcome. Somebody get that dog a bone, he saved his person."

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Israeli dash cam manufacturer Nexar, whose products enable crowd-sourced vision, and Blyncsy, a Salt Lake City-based movement and data intelligence company, are partnering to collect data on America's 4.1 million miles of public highway and provide actionable insights to the state and local governments that maintain them.

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National studies show that effective marking of roadways saves lives. Over 50% of fatalities on America's roadways result when motorists veer out of their travel lanes, according to federal data. Most road markings are repainted only once a year, but with harsh weather conditions and degrading asphalt, markings often need to be repainted or maintained more often. The challenge for transportation departs is knowing how their roads are performing on a daily basis and responding proactively before problems develop.

Blyncsy's Payver technology uses the billions of real-time images and detections collected from Nexar dash cams currently in use on America's roads and applies Blyncsy's proprietary machine learning models to understand the changing road conditions and visibility of pavement markings. The technology can also be used to map locations of stop signs, traffic lights, lane lines, and curbs, all valuable data that can also be used to train autonomous vehicles.

Nexar co-founder and CEO Eran Shir said his company was "proud to partner with Blyncsy using our combined AI smart technology to improve our roads."

"With many cities investing in expensive lidar technologies to monitor their streets and roads, or human surveyors, the crowdsourced vision data from Nexar 'sees' the world at eye-level just like we do and provides superior insights at a fraction of the cost. Pavement monitoring is just one example of Nexar's value while other cities and businesses are using the data to monitor and understand curb use, real estate trends, pedestrian traffic, construction, and more. Nexar creates a platform that other companies can run their AI on and in some cases applies its own AI, such as work zone detections in the Las Vegas Valley," Shir explained.

Mark Pittman, founder and CEO of Blyncsy, said, "We know that machine learning is only as strong as the data it depends on. With this partnership, we're giving government agencies a magnifying glass for their infrastructure, plus the power of continuous pattern analysis and predictive analytics. We're excited to see how this combination can impact public servants, communities, and people everywhere."

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