06-01-2012, 02:15 PM
At least he is smiling, poor boy
ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) -
Sheriff's deputies in York County are investigating after an 11-year-old boy was attacked by his neighbor's dog and had a large piece of his scalp ripped from his head.
According to a York County Sheriff's Office report, deputies were called to a home along the 2000 block of Ridgecrest Road in Rock Hill on Wednesday evening around 6:49 p.m.
Deputies say Kenneth Allen, 11, had gone to his neighbor's home to borrow a kitchen utensil. As he entered the neighbor's yard, the woman's two-year-old pit bull, Dallas, broke the clamp of the cable he was attached too and lunged at Kenneth.
The young boy was attacked and suffered severe injuries to his right hand and arm. According to the report, "a large section of scalp was torn from the back of his head."
"It's one of the most terrifying things a father could ever see," Ken Allen, Kenneth Allen's father said.
Kenneth was transported by emergency crews to the Bethesda No. 2 fire station, where he was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was listed in "Good" condition as of Thursday night.
Deputies say the initial attack appeared to have started in the driveway and deputies found a four-inch square of Kenneth's scalp in the yard nearby. They gave it to emergency crews in case it could be reattached, the report states.
Deputies noted in the report that when they arrived at the home, the pit bull lunged at them and it "took some time to get it under control."
AJ Smith, the dog owner, told deputies that the dog normally stayed inside the home, but that she had left it outside because the weather was nice.
"I was so sorry to hear about what happened. And if I would have been home, I probably would have put the dog down too," Smith said.
The pit bull was signed over to Animal Control, the report states.
Smith's girlfriend, who also owned the dog, was issued a citation for violation of the county Animal Control Ordinance.
Steve Stuber with Animal Control told WBTV that the pit bull was euthanized on Thursday morning due to the vicious nature of the attack.
The animal's body was sent to Columbia to be tested for rabies. The results of those tests are expected to be returned to the Animal Control office on Friday.
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ROCK HILL, SC (WBTV) -
Sheriff's deputies in York County are investigating after an 11-year-old boy was attacked by his neighbor's dog and had a large piece of his scalp ripped from his head.
According to a York County Sheriff's Office report, deputies were called to a home along the 2000 block of Ridgecrest Road in Rock Hill on Wednesday evening around 6:49 p.m.
Deputies say Kenneth Allen, 11, had gone to his neighbor's home to borrow a kitchen utensil. As he entered the neighbor's yard, the woman's two-year-old pit bull, Dallas, broke the clamp of the cable he was attached too and lunged at Kenneth.
The young boy was attacked and suffered severe injuries to his right hand and arm. According to the report, "a large section of scalp was torn from the back of his head."
"It's one of the most terrifying things a father could ever see," Ken Allen, Kenneth Allen's father said.
Kenneth was transported by emergency crews to the Bethesda No. 2 fire station, where he was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was listed in "Good" condition as of Thursday night.
Deputies say the initial attack appeared to have started in the driveway and deputies found a four-inch square of Kenneth's scalp in the yard nearby. They gave it to emergency crews in case it could be reattached, the report states.
Deputies noted in the report that when they arrived at the home, the pit bull lunged at them and it "took some time to get it under control."
AJ Smith, the dog owner, told deputies that the dog normally stayed inside the home, but that she had left it outside because the weather was nice.
"I was so sorry to hear about what happened. And if I would have been home, I probably would have put the dog down too," Smith said.
The pit bull was signed over to Animal Control, the report states.
Smith's girlfriend, who also owned the dog, was issued a citation for violation of the county Animal Control Ordinance.
Steve Stuber with Animal Control told WBTV that the pit bull was euthanized on Thursday morning due to the vicious nature of the attack.
The animal's body was sent to Columbia to be tested for rabies. The results of those tests are expected to be returned to the Animal Control office on Friday.
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