WATCH | Emotional video of a dog lying next to its dead owner

A dog refused to leave the side of the lifeless body of its owner who was killed by a train.
Image: Chuck Coker (Flickr)

Video footage of a dog laying next to its owner who was hit by a train in Montemorelos, Mexico has gone viral.

Fifty-seven-year-old Victor Reyna Vazquez and his dog had been companions for years before he was killed by a train after a night of drinking, Daily Mail reported.

The dog reportedly tried to bite the police and paramedics when they tried to remove it from the scene.

Express UK reported that the dog was later taken to the civil protection facilities in Montemorelos, Mexico.