North Carolina girl recovering after attack by multiple dogs
December 22, 2020 GMT
MAXTON, N.C. (AP) A 10-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after she was attacked by as many as five dogs in her North Carolina neighborhood last week, a sheriff’s office said.
The girl, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken by helicopter to UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, where she was listed in critical but stable condition following the attack in her neighborhood in Maxton, news outlets reported.
Robeson County Sheriff’s Maj. Damien McLean said the dogs involved in Friday’s attack have been seized and an investigation into the incident is underway. Bill Smith, director of the Robeson County Department of Public Health, said the dogs will be held for observation to determine if their bites were life-threatening.