TAYLORSVILLE — Police say a Taylorsville girl’s name to 9-1-1 probably saved her life, although she’s in essential situation and misplaced one leg.
On Tuesday at roughly 2:30 p.m., the lady referred to as and advised dispatchers she was being attacked by her son’s dogs of their yard.
Her son, who additionally lives on the home, reportedly has two grownup Pitbull dogs and 5 puppies. The household of the lady, who’s in her sixties, was feeding the dogs when, for some purpose, they began attacking. This occurred close to 2900 West and 4800 South in Taylorsville.
When officers arrived, they regarded over the fence to see the lady semi-conscious with the dogs nonetheless attacking. They stated they have been capable of scare the dogs off her with pepper spray and include them. But, the feminine, who they are saying was essentially the most aggressive, remained harmful.
Ultimately, police stated they needed to shoot and kill the feminine canine.
Medical groups rushed her to the hospital the place she was listed in essential situation. Her household advised KSL TV that she spent practically 12 hours in surgical procedure yesterday and needed to amputate one leg.
Lt. Aaron Cheshire with Taylorsville Police Department says with out her cellphone, she probably wouldn’t have survived the attack.
“The scariest part is if she wouldn’t have been able to call, she had a cell phone with her when she was attacked and she was able to call 911, which probably ended up saving her life,” a member of the family stated.
The remaining dogs at the moment are with West Valley City Animal Control. The girl stays hospitalized. Her household says one of many largest issues, with the variety of bites, is an infection.
