SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are looking for the person who killed a puppy on a western Nebraska roadside.

Scotts Bluff County Sheriff Mark Overman says witnesses reported seeing a man throwing a puppy across the road on Thursday night.

One witness told authorities she had heard a puppy crying and saw the man throw the puppy across the road. She said the dog tried to crawl under a truck to hide, but the man picked up the puppy and threw it to the ground at least three more times.

Sheriff’s deputies say they found the dog dead. It was a female tan and white collie mix with a pink collar.

Witnesses told deputies that the man who killed the dog got into a small black pickup with a white camper shell.