I better not tell my husband about this, he'll be so sad. I'm sad now, but no need to ruin his night.
I probably would have taken it to a vet or the Humane Society or something. What if that's some little kid's pet and it dies on the side of the road. They wouldn't even have a chance to say goodbye.
My husband and I found a little dog running down the street with a massive wound on it's haunch back in the Winter. It was in shock and bleeding heavily. We think someone cut him with something on purpose. My husband can't stand dogs but he still felt so sorry for it that he took the time to stop and call the Humane Society to come pick it up. He stayed with the dog until they came to get it, and he gave them our phone number so they could call and keep us updated. Turns out he patched up just fine and he was adopted and they said he probably would have died if we hadn't stopped. Glad he is okay now!
When my ex and I were still together, I saw a puppy in the middle of the road that had been hit by a car and his owner was running up and down the side of the road crying and screaming... begging people to let him out into traffic so he could get the poor thing and not one single person stopped. We were on the wrong side of the road or we would have stopped. I felt so sorry for that puppy, hurt and scared and unable to get to his owner. It was sooooo sad.