A pit bull bit a woman in New London and seriously injured her as she was trying to protect her dog from the attack Sunday morning, according to police.
Police received a 911 call at 6:58 a.m. to respond to Hillside Road because a woman who was trying to protect her dog from another dog was bitten.
Police said the woman suffered a serious dog bite to her hand.
As police investigated, they learned that one of the women’s neighbors was walking his 8-year-old pit bull on a leash on Ocean Avenue and the dog got away and ran onto the victim’s property, according to police.
The victim was brought to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. The victim’s dog was also injured and required immediate emergency care, police said.
The New London Animal Control Officer impounded the male pit bull at the New London Animal Control facility and he remains in quarantine.
The owner of the pit bull was cited for a roaming dog and a nuisance dog.
