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Person being flown to the hospital following dog attack in Fayette County

Incident happened early Tuesday morning

Person being flown to the hospital following dog attack in Fayette County

Incident happened early Tuesday morning

ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS INCIDENT. KYLIE: STATE POLICE SAY A PIT BULL ATTACKED A MAN THIS MORNING AT A HOME IN FAYETTE THIS MORNING. HE HAD TO BE FLOWN TO A LOCAL TRAUMA CENTER. TROOPERS SAY THE DOG LIVES AT THE HOME WITH THE VICTIM. >> WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT A PIT BULL DID ATTACK HIM. WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS HIS PIT BULL AND THAT HE IS A 37-YEAR-OLD MALE THAT WAS ATTACKED BY THIS PIT BULL. >> DOG MAULED THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. THEY ARE ATTEMPTING AT THIS TIME TO CONTROL THE BLEEDING. KYLIE: FIRST RESPONDERS OVER THE RADIO THIS MORNING, SHORTLY AFTER A PIT BULL ATTACK. >> THE PIT BULL IS LOCKED IN A GARAGE AT THIS TIME. KYLIE: STATE POLICE IN UNIONTOWN SAY TROOPERS WENT TO HELP EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AT A HOME ALONG CENTER STREET, IN DICKERSON RUN, JUST AFTER 5:15 A.M. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, STATE POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN, WAS BEING LIFE-FLIGHTED FROM THE SCENE. >> HE WAS CONSCIOUS AND ALERT, BUT HE DID NEED LIFE-FLIGHTED TO THE LOCAL TRAUMA CENTER. KYLIE: TROOPERS SAY IT WAS AN UNPROVOKED BITE. THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS A HOUSEHOLD DOG AND THE MAN LIVED AT THE HOME. >> HE WILL GET THE HELP HE NEEDS AT THE TRAUMA CENTER AND ALSO THE DOG, ANIMAL CONTROL WILL TAKE OVER, AS FAR AS THE DOG GOES. KYLIE: WE’VE REACHED OUT TO ANIMAL CONTROL IN DUNBAR TOWNSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT’S NEXT FOR THIS PIT BULL. WE WILL BE SURE TO PASS ALONG ANY INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE DETAILS. REPORTIN
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Person being flown to the hospital following dog attack in Fayette County

Incident happened early Tuesday morning

State police in Uniontown said a pit bull attacked a 37-year-old man Tuesday morning at a home in Fayette County. He was flown to the hospital in a medical helicopter following the dog attack. The severity of the victim’s injuries had not been released, but a Dunbar Township official said Tuesday morning that the victim was in surgery.Troopers said the dog lived at the home with the victim. The attack happened along Center Street in Dickerson Run.State police said troopers went to help emergency responders just after 5:15 a.m. When they arrived, state police said the 37-year-old man was being Life Flighted from the scene. He was conscious and alert.Troopers said that this was an unprovoked bite. They believe this was a household dog and the man lived at the home.The official from Dunbar Township said the victim's step-father and owner of the dog will have to sign a court order in order for animal control to put the dog in a kennel.

State police in Uniontown said a pit bull attacked a 37-year-old man Tuesday morning at a home in Fayette County.

He was flown to the hospital in a medical helicopter following the dog attack. The severity of the victim’s injuries had not been released, but a Dunbar Township official said Tuesday morning that the victim was in surgery.

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Troopers said the dog lived at the home with the victim. The attack happened along Center Street in Dickerson Run.

State police said troopers went to help emergency responders just after 5:15 a.m. When they arrived, state police said the 37-year-old man was being Life Flighted from the scene.

He was conscious and alert.

Troopers said that this was an unprovoked bite. They believe this was a household dog and the man lived at the home.

The official from Dunbar Township said the victim's step-father and owner of the dog will have to sign a court order in order for animal control to put the dog in a kennel.