Elderly Man Attacked By 2 Dogs In PG County: Police

FORESTVILLE, MD — A 72-year-old man was seriously injured after being mauled by two dogs in Forestville over the weekend, police say.

The man was at a bus stop when he the loose dogs attacked him, dragging him down the street and biting his arm and face as onlookers tried to chase them off with sticks and trash cans, Prince George's County Police Director Jennifer Donelan said in a video posted to social media.

The attack happened in the 6600 block of Hil Mar Drive at around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday. By the time officers arrived, a brother and sister reportedly had gotten the dogs away from the man, and the dogs then started attacking a 52-year-old man who tried to climb onto a car to escape them, Donelan said.

"The dogs kept ripping the man off the car and into the street," she said. "The officers were able to get a dog pole to get one of the dogs."

The second dog went into a nearby yard and then turned on the officers, who shot it to death, she said. The first dog ended up strangling itself to death on the pole.

A third dog was on the loose, but it did not attack anyone and was taken into custody.

The 72-year-old man suffered serious injuries and was tended to by medics on the scene.

VIDEO: Director Jennifer Donelan speaks on today’s incident involving two dogs that mauled two adult males in the 6600 blk of Hil Mar Dr. pic.twitter.com/0bgeNkUmol
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WTOP reports that a brother and sister came to the aid of the 72-year-old man after hearing him scream. Jeremy and Jessica Philips used sticks and trash cans to attack the dogs, who Jessica described as "possessed." Despite his injuries, the report indicates that the man is expected to recover.