A woman has died after a dog attack in Rotherham also left a man with potentially life-threatening injuries.
South Yorkshire Police were called to a property on Masefield Road in West Melton at around 10.15pm last night by a man who said a dog had attacked him and a woman.
Officers attended along with Yorkshire Ambulance Service and found a 43-year-old woman had been fatally bitten. She was pronounced dead at the scene despite the best efforts of emergency crews.
The man, aged 42, suffered a potentially life-changing injury to one arm, plus injuries to his other arm, abdomen and face. He was taken to hospital for further treatment.
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The dog, as well as another dog on the property, were secured by specially trained officers. Neither dog was of a prohibited breed.
The tragedy comes less than a week after two people were injured in a dog attack at a house in Blaenau Gwent.
A 37-year-old woman was left with non-life-threatening neck injuries, while a 34-year-old man suffered an arm injury after the pair were attacked at a property in Llanhillett last Sunday.
Gwent Police confirmed the dog involved was taken to a vet to be tranquilized following the incident.
It is illegal to own four types of dog breeds in the UK: Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brasileiro.
Owners have a legal duty to keep dogs under appropriate control; failure to do so is a criminal offence.
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