The child was pronounced deceased at a local hospital, where the dog bite victims were taken for treatment of the injuries they sustained in the attack.
A 4-year-old child in Texas died Wednesday morning after suffering injuries sustained during an attack by dogs, according to local authorities. Children have been identified as the « most common victims » of dog bites by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC). About 26 percent of the children who are bitten by dogs require treatment in an emergency room, according to CDC data cited by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, with an estimated 2,400 dog attacks occurring every day. In Baytown, a city east of Houston, police said in a Wednesday press release that officers received reports about a dog fight at about 7:40 a.m. local time. The dog fight reportedly occurred at a home along the 2700 block of Massey Tompkins.
