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.
A police spokesperson said emergency services and Hastings animal control were called to the incident in Mayfair about 3pm. Two people received injuries, police said.
A Hato Hone St John spokesperson said they were called to the incident on Hood St at 2.50pm.
One person was taken by ambulance to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in a serious condition.
A Hastings District Council spokesperson said animal control responded to the incident at 3.21pm, when police called for assistance to remove the dog.
“The dog is now impounded at the animal control centre. The dog has been registered previously, but currently is not.”
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