The household’s pit bull that mauled an toddler to demise in Woodbridge Saturday has been put down by a vet.
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WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The household canine that mauled an toddler to demise in Woodbridge Saturday was put down by a vet, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex County Prosecutor instructed Patch Monday morning.
The canine was a pit bull.
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The toddler’s mom and father, each home on the time, intervened and tried to cease the attack. The father was not injured, however the toddler’s mom was “critically” injured by the pit bull, stated a spokeswoman for Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
The dad and mom have been taken to an unnamed hospital for therapy and launched from the hospital that very same day, Saturday, stated the spokeswoman.
The prosecutor’s workplace stated these are all of the updates they’ll launch as of Monday morning, because the demise of the toddler stays beneath investigation and is a prime precedence for the prosecutor’s staff.
At 6:17 a.m. Saturday, police obtained a 911 misery name from a home on Mereline Avenue in Avenel for an unresponsive child believed to have been attacked by the household canine, stated Woodbridge Police Director Robert Hubner.
Officers situated the mom and child, who sustained severe accidents from the canine. The child was pronounced useless on the scene. The mom sustained probably the most severe accidents, however she and the child’s father have been each taken to a hospital.
Anyone with info is requested to name Detective Thomas Ratajczak of the Woodbridge Police Department at 732-634-7700 or Detective Michelle Coppola of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3477.
Initial report: Family Pit Bull Mauls Infant To Death In Woodbridge, Mother Injured
