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Beloved Dogs R Us restaurant owner killed in crash

Beloved Dogs R Us restaurant owner killed in crash
NOT JUST HIS FAMILY BUT HIS EMPLOYEES AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS DEVASTATED. >> THE SIGN OUIDTSE THE POPURLA TITUSVILLE RESTAURANT DOESN’T BEGIN TO SHOW THE HEARTBAKRE GOING ON INSIDE. EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS ALE IKIN TEARS CHRIS WAAG THE BELOVED OWNER OF DOG R US DIED IN A CAR CRASH ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK SATURDAY NIGHT. WHEN YOU HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED? >> SHOCK. DEVASTATED. >> IT HAPPENED ON SR 46 DAN PREVATT ROAD NEAR GENEVA, THAT IS WHERE CHRIS LIVED. TROOPERS SAY CHRIS WAS HEADED ONE WAY IN HIS PICKUP TRONK UC 46 AND THE OTHER DRIVER ALSO DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCKAS W DRIVING PIA CKUP TRUCK WAS COMING FROM THE OPPOTESI DIRECTION AND THEY HIT HEAD ON. >> IT’S A TWO-LANE ROAD IT’S VERY TIGHT. ETC IS IN THE CENTER OF THE ADRO THERE’S WE DON’T KNOW WHICH DRIVER CAUSED THIS TO BE A HEAD-ON COLLISION. D DITHEY SWERVENT IO THE OPPOSITE LANE? THE AREA OF THE COLLISION IS IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. >> IT HAS BEEN NOT JUST A LOSS TO CHRIS’ FAMILY BUT A LOSS TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY AND HIS EMPLOYEES WERE FAMI. ONE BY ONE, EMPLOYEE AFTER EMPLOYEE LINED UP TO SING HIS PRAISES. >> HOW DO YOU SUM HIM UP IN ONE WORD? >> SELFLESS. WHEN YOU THINK OF DOGS R US THIS WAS HIS HOME THESE WERE HIS PEOPLE. >> HE IS VERY HEADS ON. -- HANDS ON. HE WOULD COME TO ME AND SAY DO YOU NEED ANYTHING? >> IF I CALLED IN AND MY CAR BROKE DOWN, HE WOULD COME PICK ME UP. IF I WERE SHORT ON MY BILLS, HE WOULD PAY THOSE AS WELL. >>ULD PAY THOSE AS WELL. TROOPSER SAY THEY MAY NEVER KNOW HOW THE TWO TRUCKS COLLIDED BUT CHRIS’ FAMILY AND STAFF KNOW THEY WILL KEEP HIS ICONIC RESTAURA ONTPEN AND HIS MERYMO ALIV
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Beloved Dogs R Us restaurant owner killed in crash
The sign outside the popular Titusville restaurant doesn't begin to show the heartbreak going on inside over the loss of its owner.Employees and customers are heartbroken over the death of Dogs R Us owner Chris Waag, who was killed in a car crash on his way home from work Saturday night. The crash happened on State Road 46 and Prevatt Road near Geneva, where Waag lived.Troopers say Waag and another pickup driver hit head-on. The crash killed both Waag and the other driver. Troopers say they may never know how the two trucks collided. Waag’s family and friends say they know they will keep his iconic restaurant open and his memory alive.

The sign outside the popular Titusville restaurant doesn't begin to show the heartbreak going on inside over the loss of its owner.

Employees and customers are heartbroken over the death of Dogs R Us owner Chris Waag, who was killed in a car crash on his way home from work Saturday night.

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The crash happened on State Road 46 and Prevatt Road near Geneva, where Waag lived.

Troopers say Waag and another pickup driver hit head-on. The crash killed both Waag and the other driver.

Troopers say they may never know how the two trucks collided.

Waag’s family and friends say they know they will keep his iconic restaurant open and his memory alive.