Two young children injured, one seriously, after dog attack in Hastings

Emergency services were called to the incident on Hood St at 2.50pm.

Two young children have been injured, one of them seriously, after a dog attack in Hastings on Wednesday, police said.

A police spokesperson said emergency services and Hastings animal control workers were called to the mid-afternoon incident in Hood Street, Mayfair.

One of the children was taken by ambulance to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in a serious condition.

A Hastings District Council spokesperson confirmed animal control staff responded at 3.21pm, when police called for assistance to remove the dog.

The dog was impounded at the Animal Control Centre, and was believed to be a pit bull cross.

“At this stage of the investigation the outcome for the dog will depend on whether it is formally surrendered to animal control by the owner or its destruction is ordered by the court,” the spokesperson said. “The dog has been registered previously, but currently is not.”

Hato Hone St John said a team was called to the incident at 2.50pm.

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