PENNSYLVANIA -- An attack by a Wilkes-Barre resident's pit bulls sent a 10-year-old to the hospital on Saturday.
According to police, the boy was playing with friends at 176 Grant St. around 11:48 a.m. As he was leaving, two pit bulls belonging to Howard Hughes got out of the house and went after the boy.
The dogs bit the child on the hand and on the thigh. He was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township for treatment, police said.
Police said they don't know which of Hughes' two dogs bit the boy. The attack remains under investigation.
(Citizens Voice - April 30, 2012)
