RUMFORD, Maine (WGAN) Rumford Police say three people have been taken to the hospital after being attacked by a pit bull on Erchles Street.
Our info partners at Channel 13 report that police were called around 10:25 Wednesday morning, because a pit bull was attacking a teenage girl.
The dog apparently had the girl’s leg and would not let go. It then allegedly attacked other people.
A neighbor was able to grab the dog and hold it until police arrived. The pit bull is being held in quarantine at a local animal shelter.
Police say they dog escaped its residence and went into a neighbor’s house. A 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old sister were both bitten.
The girls’ mother was also bitten when she tried to intervene.
All three were treated at Rumford Hospital.
