A mother and her two children in South Carolina were attacked by a pit bull while trying to help a neighbor with dementia. It happened April 26 in Bonneau. Bethany Hastings said the family went outside and found their neighbor had wandered onto their property. She said she and her two children took the woman home in their golf cart. She said when they got there, their neighbor’s pit bull was loose. “He came running over to us and jumped in the golf cart,” Hastings said. Hastings said the dog lunged at her 2-year-old son and then her 4-year-old daughter. “First he got my brother, and then second he got me, and then third he got my mom,” 4-year-old Lainey Bayles said. Hastings, who is a nurse, said she was able to get the dog away from her kids and held him down for 15 minutes until help arrived. She said during that time the dog continued to lunge at her. “I didn’t have a choice,” Hastings said. “If I had let go, he would have gotten me or them again.”A police report said that all three were taken to the hospital for treatment. Hastings and her son were released from the hospital the same night. Lainey had the most severe injuries and spent four days in the hospital with two of those being in the pediatric intensive care unit. Lainey will have to undergo procedures over the next year. Authorities say the dog was euthanized.
A mother and her two children in South Carolina were attacked by a pit bull while trying to help a neighbor with dementia.
It happened April 26 in Bonneau.
Bethany Hastings said the family went outside and found their neighbor had wandered onto their property.
She said she and her two children took the woman home in their golf cart.
She said when they got there, their neighbor’s pit bull was loose.
“He came running over to us and jumped in the golf cart,” Hastings said.
Hastings said the dog lunged at her 2-year-old son and then her 4-year-old daughter.
“First he got my brother, and then second he got me, and then third he got my mom,” 4-year-old Lainey Bayles said.
Hastings, who is a nurse, said she was able to get the dog away from her kids and held him down for 15 minutes until help arrived. She said during that time the dog continued to lunge at her.
“I didn’t have a choice,” Hastings said. “If I had let go, he would have gotten me or them again.”
A police report said that all three were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Hastings and her son were released from the hospital the same night.
Lainey had the most severe injuries and spent four days in the hospital with two of those being in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Lainey will have to undergo procedures over the next year.
Authorities say the dog was euthanized.
