FLORIDA CITY, FLA. (WSVN) - - Emergency responders were called to an area in Florida City after reports of a dog attack, Monday.
Just before 8:15 a.m., Florida City Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) units arrived at the area of 369 SW 4th St. to aid in the scene. Police said they were responding to an unresponsive adult female inside a trailer and another woman with severe facial injuries following a dog attack.
The situation, as per officers on the scene, appears to have arisen when the unresponsive female, experiencing a medical episode, was being attended to by the second woman. Tragically, the dog, protective of its owner, launched an attack during the medical aid attempt.
“It was pretty bad,” said one girl who witnessed the incident. “She was just bloody. I know that’s the owner’s dog in the trailer and I know [the dog] was just doing what he does — protecting his owner. I don’t think the dog was aggressive. I’ve seen the dog. She takes the dog everywhere.”
The unresponsive female, who also happened to be the dog’s owner, was transported to Homestead Hospital after regaining consciousness. Meanwhile, the female injured in the dog attack was airlifted to Jackson South Trauma.
Miami-Dade Animal Control responded to the scene as they attempted to capture the dog. It is unclear if the dog was taken by animal control or what the future might hold for the canine.
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