PENNSYLVANIA -- A 6-year-old Drexel Hill boy suffered a severe dog bite to the arm Saturday afternoon while playing outside with another boy from the neighborhood, police said.
The child, who was not identified, was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia shortly after 4 p.m. for treatment of the wound.
According to Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood, the two boys were playing out front on the sidewalk when the rottweiler came out of the house on the 2200 block of Bond Avenue, Drexel Hill, and bit the boy on the arm. The victim lives around the corner on Windsor Avenue.
“The rottweiler belonged to the family of the victim’s playmate,” Chitwood said. “Apparently the rottweiler is very, very protective of the boy, who is autistic, and comes running out of the house and bit the 6-year-old on the arm. The owner of the dog came out and said the dog has never bitten anybody before. The animal control officer was called to investigate.”
(Delco Times - Jan 28, 2012)
