Child, 5, left with life-changing injuries after dog attack in RochdaleA five-year-old child has been left with ‘life-changing injuries’ after being bitten by a dog at a house in Rochdale.?Emergency services were called to the scene of the incident on Broad Lane at around 2.40pm on Sunday afternoon (February 11). Police officers responded to ‘reports of a dog bite at an address’.
Police were called to Broad Lane in Rochdale to reports a dog had bitten a five-year-old (Picture: Google Maps)
Police were called to reports of a dog bite at an address in Broad Lane, Rochdale, around 2.40pm on Friday, February 11.
Police said the dog was ‘safely recovered’, no arrests have been made and enquiries into the incident are continuing.
Witnesses described seeing an air ambulance land on nearby Balderstone Park on Sunday afternoon and police cars parked close to the address where the attack happened.
In a statement, a Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: ‘On Sunday 11 February 2024, at around 2.40pm, officers were called to reports of a dog bite at an address on Broad Lane, Rochdale.
‘A five-year-old child received serious injuries that required hospital treatment, with these injuries thought to be life-changing.
Child, 5, left with life-changing injuries after dog attack in Rochdale A five-year-old child has been left with ‘life-changing injuries’ after being bitten by a dog at a house in Rochdale. ? Emergency services were called to the scene of the incident on Broad Lane at around 2.40pm on Sunday afternoon (February 11). Police officers responded to ‘reports of a dog bite at an address’.
The child was rushed to hospital with serious injuries thought to be life-changing (Picture: Google Maps)
‘The dog was safely recovered by specialist police officers. No arrests have been made at present and enquiries are ongoing at this stage.’
The attack comes just six days after an eight-year-old boy was seriously hurt by a XL Bully in Bootle, Merseyside.
The following day, Amanda Young, 49, and Lewis Young, 30, both of Bootle, were charged with being a person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury.
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