A U.S. Postal Service service in rural Florida was killed after being attacked by 5 canines when her automobile broke down, in line with authorities. 

In a information convention, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced that 61-year-old Pamela Jane Rock died within the hospital Monday a day after a vicious assault that noticed a number of neighbors – and the animals’ homeowners – try to fend off the canines.

“One neighbor introduced his firearm alongside and fired a number of photographs within the air in an try to disrupt the assault,” Putnam County Sheriff’s spokesman Joseph Wells stated on the information convention. “That was unsuccessful.”

The assault occurred close to Palatka, a small Florida metropolis situated 45 miles from Jacksonville. 

When police arrived on the scene on Sunday, they discovered the canines behind a fence and Rock bleeding, prompting officers to use a number of tourniquets to deal with her blood loss. On the drive to the hospital, nevertheless, the girl went into cardiac arrest. She died from the accidents the following day.

A neighborhood statute states homeowners could also be held liable in the event that they held data their canines are harmful however fail to train due warning, Wells stated. However the canines have been behind a fence and escaped, and the proprietor cooperated with earlier calls to animal management. 

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“We consider there have been different requires service concerning these canines,” Wells stated. The canines will probably be seized and will probably be euthanized. No additional details about the canines, together with measurement or breed, was launched by police.

The US Postal Service issued an announcement: “We’re deeply saddened on the lack of our worker. Our ideas and prayers are along with her household and her co-workers right now.”