person A: my doggie recently passed away
person B: I'm so sorry to hear that! Hopefully he or she wasn't in too much pain at the end.
person A: no i don't think so_comma_ but it was violent.  she was run over by a car.  
person B: Oh my gosh that's horrible. I hope they caught the person who hit her!
person A: i don't think i will ever know. they usually don't stop when that happens.