CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - A person was rushed to the hospital with serious bite wounds after being attacked by a dog inside a home in Cambridge on Saturday.
Officers responding to a 911 call reporting a violent dog attack inside a home on Prospect Street around 7 p.m. found a resident of the home who had been attacked by a 45-pound pit bull and sustained deep lacerations to his upper arm.
Officers applied a tourniquet to control the bleeding until EMS and fire crews arrived and took the man to a hospital.
A second resident suffered minor injuries but declined medical transport.
The dog was located and safely secured by officers and animal control with the assistance of a family member.
It was voluntarily surrendered by the owner and taken to a nearby veterinary facility.
Police say there were no prior reports of aggression involving the dog.
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