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Pit Bull Attacks 7 Year-Old At Bus Stop In Thomasville
Thomasville, NC -- Deputies said a boy is recovering from dog bites, after being attacked at his bus stop Friday morning. According to a police report, the incident happened around 7:10 am, on Big Jon Road, while two boys were waiting for their school bus. Deputies said a Pit Bull escaped from its chain and attacked a seven year-old. According to witnesses, the other boy, a 10 year-old, and the bus driver helped get the dog off the victim. The boy was pull to safety on the bus. A neighbor then shot and killed the dog, investigators said. Investigators said the boy is a student at Silver Valley Elementary School. The victim's mother took him by private vehicle to Thomasville Medical Center for treatment of bites to his right arm and leg, deputies said. Davidson County Sheriffs Deputies and Animal Control Officers responded to the scene and are currently investigating the incident. The Davidson County Health Dept is sending the dogs remains to a state lab for testing to insure rabies is not present in the animal. Test results should be available by Monday Sept 26. The dog was described as being a 9 month old 45 pound pit bull. There had been no nuisance orders or vicious dog orders issued against the owner for this dog. Anyone with information about the dog and the incident is asked to call Crimestoppers in Davidson County. Davidson Co Sheriff's Office
Deputies: Pit Bull Attacks 7-year-old at Bus Stop
Thomasville, NC -- A 7-year-old boy was injured after a pit bull attacked him at the bus stop Friday morning in Thomasville, deputies said. Nathan Bean was walking to the bus stop on Big John Road when the dog attacked him around 7:25 a.m., said Crystal Bell, Bean's mother. Bean suffered seven puncture wounds to an arm and two puncture wounds to a leg, Bell said. He underwent surgery at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem and is now recovering, Bell said. Davidson County investigators said the 9-month-old dog weighing 45 pounds broke free from a chain and went after Bean. "The dog litterally picked out one child and went after that one child," said Sherry Baker, a family friend. Baker said another student and the bus driver, Virigina Tysinger, got off the bus and helped pull the dog off Bean. Tysinger also kicked the dog away from the bus, Bell said. "She saved that little boy. If she hadn't reached down and grabbed a hold of him, he would have never made it," Baker said. Tysinger declined a request to comment. A neighbor shot and killed the dog before law enforcement officials arrived, deputies said. "They chased it with a shovel and tried to get it away, and the neighbor just went ahead and put it down," Baker said. The dog was taken for rabies tests, which should be available Monday, deputies said. No charges will be filed against the dog's owner, who was not identified, because no laws were broken, deputies said. No nuisance or vicious dog orders had been issued against the dog's owner, deputies said. The bus serves Silver Valley Elementary School. |
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