Dog attacks blind woman
By DAN X. McGRAW
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
FORT WORTH - A blind woman and her guide dog were attacked Sunday morning by a pit bull, a police dispatcher said.
After the 8 a.m. incident, the woman was taken by an off-duty paramedic to Huguley Memorial Hospital and her dog was taken to I-20 Animal Medical Center, officials said.
The woman, whom officials did not identify, was attacked by the pit bull in the 3700 block of Bridalwreath Drive, in far south Fort Worth near McCart Avenue at Sycamore School Road, a Fort Worth police dispatcher said.
An employee at the I-20 Animal Medical Center, who had spoken to a relative of the blind woman, said the woman did not want to comment for fear of retaliation from the pit bull's owner.
The mixed-breed guide dog was recovering in the intensive care unit of the veterinary center.
It was not known Sunday evening what happened to the pit bull or its owner.
Fort Worth police spokesman Lt. Dean Sullivan did not return e-mail or phone messages Sunday