‘We jumped in and threw the dog off of her’: Neighbours save teen from Ontario dog attack | 24CA News
A teenage woman is fortunate to be alive after neighbours rushed to her rescue when she was attacked by a canine in Oshawa, Ont.
Residents within the space say the woman was strolling down the sidewalk when canine acquired free from its chain and began biting her.
Global News has agreed to guard the id of one of many individuals who helped for worry of retaliation. She mentioned she and her father have been sitting of their home after they heard one thing outdoors.
“We heard a really loud scream,” she mentioned.
The Good Samaritan leapt into motion, alongside along with her father, to assist save the teenager.
“We see a pit bull on top of this young girl biting her, basically ripping her shoulder blade.”
Police say they responded to the incident on Agnes Street at round 7 p.m. Monday night time. Three individuals have been taken to hospital, {the teenager} was critically injured. Neighbours mentioned the canine bit folks that have been attempting to assist.
It’s not clear precisely why or how the assault started, however the resident says they didn’t assume twice after they realized what was occurring.
“We ended up jumping in really quickly and threw the dog off of her. And that’s when many other neighbours jumped in as well,” mentioned the rescuer.
“The dog ended up breaking loose from the chain and the muzzle … It ended up attacking me, and lacerating my arm in two spots and fracturing my wrists,” mentioned the rescuer.
Photos offered to Global News present a number of deep cuts on her arm. She is now in a solid and her mom says she must go to a fracture clinic as her arm was fractured as properly. The mother was at work on the time and got here residence to search out out her household was concerned within the incident.
“I jumped in my car, went to the hospital. I took the girl in the ambulance. She’s in bad shape, my daughter is in bad shape. It was chaos when I got home,” she mentioned.
Eventually bylaw officers and animal providers have been in a position to rein within the canine — after a number of individuals jumped in to carry the canine nonetheless.
The incident left the teenage woman with severe accidents. It’s not clear the place she was visiting on the time, however neighbours say she didn’t stay on the road the place it occurred.
Sgt. Joanne Bortoluss with Durham Police says there’s little details about why it occurred or what sort of canine it was.
“The investigation will obviously take place into what led up to these events,” she mentioned. “Where that continues is obviously up to the investigation by animal services. Charges could be applicable in this situation.”
The canine is at present being held at Oshawa’s Animal Services as bylaw enforcement seems into whether or not or not the proprietor must be held accountable for the incident.
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