Saturday, February 25, 2012

Pit Bull Boards Bus, Bites Boy


ARIZONA -- A boy on a school bus is bitten by a pit bull Friday morning.

The dog had been running loose in a neighborhood, and it tried to follow some students onto the bus. The driver closed the door on the dog, but eventually, it was able to push its way into the bus.

"She tried to shut the door on it, kind of struggled with it, she actually had to get up trying to force the dog back off the bus and when she did that it was able to get through the door, come on up and chase some kids around," says Phoenix Police Sgt. Gary Bradley.

 

The dog was chasing kids around on the bus and bit an 8-year-old.

The vehicle pulled over in the area of Thomas and 63rd Avenue so the boy could be treated by Phoenix fire crews. Fourteen other students were on the bus at the time.

The 8-year-old first grader was the only student bitten by the dog. He was bitten on the leg and is expected to be okay.

The bus driver stepped in to help the boy by grabbing him and picking him up. She was able to get the students off of the bus, but she was also bitten by the dog.


Both bites were "only" superficial.

The dog was removed from the Cartwright School District bus, and students on the bus were transferred to another bus to go to school.

Animal Control took the pit bull out of a squad car. The dog will be quarantined for 10 days to make sure that it does not have rabies.

(KSAZ - Feb 24, 2012)