An elderly Louisiana woman was partially eaten by her neighbors dogs after she fell in the driveway.
The unidentified woman was walking down on her driveway on Randall Avenue in Livingston Parish on Tuesday when she fell, neighbor Randall Averette told WBRZ.
While she was trying to get back up, her neighbors dogs attacked her, he said.
When I went over there, she was laying on the ground, paramedics bandaging her up, Averette recounted, describing her injuries as graphic.
The paramedics said she was torn up pretty good around her calf, her right leg was bit, her arm was bit and the dog bit her on the back of her neck.
A Louisiana woman was badly injured after she was attacked by her neighbors dogs on Tuesday
The unidentified woman was walking down on her driveway on Randall Avenue in Livingston Parish on Tuesday when she fell
Another neighbor also said she witnessed the dogs attack, and called 911 as soon as she saw the woman on the ground.
She had to stand there and watch it, said the neighbors daughter, Cheryl Boudreaux. She was like, "Yall need to hurry up and get here. Hurry up and get here. They are eating this woman."
Then, Mama said the lady wasnt moving and Mama thought she was dead.
The woman was instead brought to a local hospital. Her condition remains unclear.
Meanwhile, Maria Vincent has been arrested and charged with negligent injuring and dogs not to run at large for her pets actions.
You can be charged with negligent injuring and you can be sued by these homeowners for medical bills, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard warned other dog owners.
Its going to come back to bite you, thats whats going to happen.
Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard warned that irresponsible dog owners can be charged with negligent injuring
But Ard noted this was not the first time Vincents dogs attacked a person, saying she had been cited before for a past incident in which one of the canines bit a person.
Unfortunately, in that case, investigators were unable to determine which dog was involved.
Shes been through the system already, shes been fined, Ard said of the dog owner. Here we are again, same dog, same situation.
Now someones seriously hurt, something has got to change.
Bourdeaux also claimed her mom has been bitten twice by the same dogs, but was afraid to speak up.
My mom is 85 years old, both times she required medical attention, the worried daughter said.
All three of Maria Vincents dogs were taken to the Livingston Parish Animal Control Center on Wednesday
She argued that it was not right that multiple people had to get injured for something to change.
Were just furious, you know, because we dont understand why it had to get to this, she told the news station.
They finally took the dogs away, thats the first time.
Ard also confirmed that all three dogs were taken to Livingston Parish Animal Control Center on Wednesday, saying the owner surrendered two of them.
The fate of the surrendered dogs remains unclear.
But Ard said people should protect themselves when they come face-to-face with a dangerous dog.
You do whatever you think is necessary, Ard suggested. You have a right to protect you, your property, your kids.