Monday, September 23, 2013

3-year-old boy attacked by grandfather's pit bull, taken to Children's hospital

ARKANSAS --Chief Deputy Matt Rice says a three-year-old boy was attacked by his grandfather’s pit bull Monday afternoon.

Rice said the boy was playing the yard of his grandfather’s home at 419 Arkansas 365 when the dog broke off its chain and attacked the child. The child sustained injuries to his head, according to the sheriff’s office.


Rice said deputies described the child’s injuries as “pretty severe.”

Deputies were forced to euthanize the dog when they arrived and observed the dog circling the child in an aggressive manor, Rice said.

The child was transported via air ambulance (aka helicopter) to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (people are not "life flighted" unless it's serious).

The child's grandfather, Ricky Jackson, was issued a vicious dog citation, the sheriff's office said.

(Log Cabin Democrat - Sept 23, 2013)

1 comment:

  1. a different kind of dog on a chain would not have done this . most of these people just have the dog for security reasons and are risking everyone and their dog just for their crappy possessions that will soon be in the landfill anyway .

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