DELAWARE -- A woman and child were hospitalized Wednesday after being attacked by a pit bull in a neighborhood near Newport, officials said.
It happened about 4 p.m. near the adult's home in the 300 block of Forest Drive in Forest Glen, New Castle County Emergency Medical Services Paramedic First Cpl. Peter T. Small said.
"The 5-year-old was dragged for a distance and the 51-year-old was injured trying to get her away from the dog," Small said. "Both of them had lacerations to their arms."
Paramedics took the woman to Christiana Hospital and the girl, related to her, to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Alapocas, he said, and both were stable.
Neighbor Eugene Crosland said he realized the dog and girl weren't playing when it began to drag her. He said he tried to pull the dog off and hit it with a brick. When neighbors joined in, they finally got her free, he said.
The dog's unidentified owner, of the same block, was charged with failing to have a required dog license and having a vicious dog unrestrained, charges with fines that total more than $300, said Kent County SPCA Major Brian Whipple.
"The dog is in our custody and ownership was relinquished to us," Whipple said, describing the dog as 3-5 years old, not neutered, but with a current rabies vaccination.
(Delaware Online - Dec 15, 2011)
