MARYLAND -- A local child was severely injured last weekend when attacked by a chained dog in Berlin.
Last Saturday afternoon, Berlin Police responded to a residence on N. Main Street for a reported animal bite.
Responding officers discovered an 11-year-old boy had been playing with a chained pit bull dog when the dog bit the child in the face. The child sustained severe facial injuries, according to police reports.
Worcester County Animal Control was requested to respond and took possession of the dog. The child was taken by Berlin EMS first to PRMC in Salisbury and was later flown to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
(The Dispatch - Oct 26, 2012)
