A child remains in hospital with facial injuries after being bitten by a dog at Doonside overnight.
About 5.30pm yesterday today, police have been told an 11-year-old boy was playing in the backyard of a house on Wilkie Crescent, Doonside, when he was bitten by a dog, NSW Police say.
The boy sustained facial injuries including lacerations to his forehead and swelling, and cuts to his arm.
He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance Paramedics before being taken to Westmead Children’s Hospital.
The dog has been secured and police from Blacktown Local Area Command are working with local council rangers.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stopers.
