Toddler bitten in face and rushed to hospital after dog attack inside Old Leyland Gates pub
A toddler was bitten in the face by a dog at a Leyland pub over the weekend.
Police and ambulance crews were called to the Old Leyland Gates, near Morrisons in Golden Hill Lane, on Saturday evening.
The boy, aged 20 months, suffered a nasty bite to his lip after being attacked by a Border Collie left tied up and unsupervised inside the pub.
The dog’s owner reportedly left the pub after the attack and before police and ambulance crews arrived at the scene. Lancashire Police said enquiries are underway to identify the owner(s).
The boy’s mum said she was ‘furious’ that the man left the scene without checking on her injured child, who was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment.
She told a local Facebook group: “My son is OK. He’s been seen by plastics at the hospital and no surgery is needed.
“The dog bit straight through his top lip. Thank goodness there are no major injuries, it could have been a lot worse.”
A police spokesperson said: “We were called at just after 5pm on Saturday after a one-and-a-half-year-old boy was bitten to the lip by a dog at the Old Leyland Gates pub, Leyland.
“The child was taken by ambulance to hospital for treatment and enquiries are ongoing to identify the dog’s owners.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Lancashire Police on log 1079 of March 7.