A 13-year-old girl and her grandmother suffered serious injuries in a dog attack at a township home Saturday morning, police said.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK - A 13-year-old girl and her grandmother suffered serious injuries in a dog attack at a township home Saturday morning, police said.
The girl and her 59-year-old grandmother were taken to St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, township police said on Twitter.
The Avenue B homeowner's boxer and pit bull attacked the third family dog, a pug, MyCentralJersey.com reported. The boxer and pit bull went after the girl when she tried to stop the fighting and soon went after the grandmother, who also tried to intervene.
Family members managed to halt the attack, the report said.
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