Neighbours fight to free woman seriously hurt in Fleetwood XL bully dog attack
Neighbours fought to free the woman during the incident in Wingrove Road in Fleetwood on Thursday 1 August afternoon.
The woman, in her 40s, is being treated in hospital for serious bites to her arm.
Police say the dog - which was legally owned - was taken away by a vet and put down.
Owning an XL bully is restricted under the Dangerous Dogs Act, it is illegal to have one without a certificate of exemption.
In a statement Lancashire Police said: "We were called at 4.45pm yesterday to an address in Wingrove Road, Fleetwood, to a report of a dog bite.
"The emergency services attended and found that a woman, aged in her 40s, had suffered serious dog bite injuries to her arm from an XL Bully.
"Members of the public intervened to get the dog away from the woman."
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