Several dogs set for K-9 training die in Indiana after air conditioning fails in transport vehicle

Multiple dogs being taken from Chicago, Illinois, to a K-9 training facility in Michigan City, Indiana, died on Thursday after the air conditioning unit in a vehicle cargo area they were being held in failed. Authorities did not specify exactly how many of the dogs died in the incident.  

Nineteen German Shepherds were being transported from O'Hare International Airport when the driver of the vehicle they were riding in was caught in a two-hour traffic delay, according to Indiana's Lake Station Police Department. 

After the unit failed, the temperatures in the cargo area began to rise, causing some of the dogs to go into heat-related medical distress.