ARKANSAS -- A four-year-old boy was killed by a Rottweiler that jumped a four-foot chained-link dog pen in Ozark early Friday evening, according to police.
Ozark Police Chief Cory Tedford said the four-year-old boy, who was visiting from Hot Springs, was visiting his grandfather.
Authorities say the boy was left with friends while his grandfather went to work. Police say the boy was outside playing in a fenced backyard when the Rottweiler jumped a four-foot-high chained-link dog pen.
We're told there were no eyewitnesses to the attack. Officials say when the boy was found, he was unresponsive, but alive.
911 was called and the boy was transported by helicopter to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. In transit, the boy’s condition worsened and had to land immediately at Johnson Regional Medical Center in Clarksville, where he was pronounced dead.
The Rottweiler is being quarantined. Chief Tedford said the dog will be euthanized.
Charges are pending on the responsible party.
(5News - August 12, 2011)
