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Updated: 11:07 AM Dec 29, 2006
West Texas Woman Loses Both Arms After Pit Bull Mauling
Surgeons were forced to amputate the arms of a West Texas woman who was mauled by a pit bull.
Posted: 11:20 AM Dec 29, 2006 |
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(December 29, 2006)--An Abilene-area woman remains hospitalized Friday in stable condition after both of her arms were amputated following an attack by one of her pit bulls.
The attack happened in the Thursday in the town of Merkel, 16 miles west of Abilene, at the home of Vicky Jeffries.
Police say the 110-pound dog attacked Jeffries when she tried to intervene in a fight between the dog and her other, smaller pit bull.
Merkel Police Chief Bob Jones says he had to shoot and kill the dog to stop the attack.
Jeffries, whom police describe as being in her 40s, was taken to Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
Hospital spokesman Joe Max Tomlin declined to release details on her condition, other than to call it stable.
However, KTXS-TV in Abilene and the Abilene Reporter-News both report doctors had amputated both of her arms.
The smaller dog was taken to an animal shelter.
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