Manchester Police Release More Information On Child Attacked By Pit Bull

MANCHESTER, CT — The child attacked by a family dog on Thursday sustained what police are describing as "significant injuries," Manchester police said on Friday. The dog was a pit bull, police said.

On Thursday at about 4:45 p.m., Manchester Police responded to a report of a dog attacking a "small child" in the unit block of Patriot Lane.

The child, a 5 year-old boy, was attacked by a family member’s pit bull and sustained "very significant injuries" during the attack, police said.

The boy was transported to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. According to the Hartford Courant, a neighbor heroically came to the boy's aid. The neighbor came home and saw that the dog had the boy in its jaws and was dragging him around, the Courant reports.

The neighbor called 911, then grabbed a piece of wood and struck the dog, knocking the child out of the pit bull's mouth. The neighbor's actions stopped the dog's attack, the Courant reports.

Read the full Hartford Courant story here.

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