BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston police officer was taken to the hospital after being bitten by a dog in Dorchester on Sunday, officials said.

The officer was bit in the area of 16 Wildwood Street around 7 a.m., police said.

They were taken to a nearby hospital with what were considered non-life-threatening injuries.

Animal Control responded to the scene.

No additional information was immediately available.

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