The dog savagely attacked the man biting into his thigh, arm and shoulder.
The man, aged 70, desperately tried to break free as blood from his wounds began to flow.
He was saved from further injury by a young woman who intervened and threw a house brick which hit the animal.
Mum-of-three Kym Smith, 26, said: "I thought the black pit bull was going to kill him.
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| Hero: Kym Smith |
The incident occurred at the junction of Leicester Road and Sandown Road in Wigston on at about 11am on Friday January 8 .
Kym, who is a care worker, went to help the man covering him with her coat. She then took him to her home in Grange Road.
She said: "He had bite marks in his left shoulder which were bleeding and injuries on his thigh and arm."
Miss Smith believes the man had tried to grab the dog's collar to stop it running into Leicester Road and being hit by a car.
She added: "I think the dog thought the man was attacking it and that is why it bit him."
The victim, who does not want to be identified, was due to meet a friend for lunch in Wigston.
A bystander called an ambulance but the injured man refused to go with them. Instead his friend drove him to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
The injured man, who was visiting his family from his home in Devon, had 17 stitches in the shoulder wound and was kept in overnight.
He left hospital on Saturday evening after receiving treatment.
The incident was witnessed by bystanders who posted comments on the Facebook site Spotted: Aylestone, Oadby and Wigston.
The granddaughter of the injured man said: "He is a very lucky man to be saved by Kym. He has been visiting family in Wigston for the past three months.
"My granddad refused the ambulance but his friend, who he was meeting for lunch, took him to hospital in Nottingham. "He had to have 17 stitches to his shoulder. He is on the mend though. He was lucky."
She added her family had planned to meet Kym to say thank you.
(Leicester Mercury - Jan 18, 2016)
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