A 3-year-old child has died as the result of a weekend dog attack in northwestern Minnesota’s Otter Tail County.
According to a press release from the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday, Otter Tail County 911 dispatchers received a call from a 51-year-old woman who reported that she was driving herself and her 3-year-old grandson to the Perham hospital for significant dog bite injuries.
The incident occurred at the woman’s residence, which is located west of New York Mills.
Deputies met the pair at the ER and through the investigation it was determined the 3-year-old boy had climbed into an outside enclosed area where the dog was kept.
The boy was attacked by the dog, described as an adult American bulldog, and the grandmother also suffered significant injuries while stopping the attack.
The boy died and the woman was transported to a Fargo, N.D., hospital.
The dog was later put down, the sheriff’s office said. The investigation is continuing.
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