Police are appealing for witnesses after a boy was bitten by a dog in Sydney’s north-west today, NSW Police say.
About 1.30pm today, a five-year-old boy was reported missing from his backyard on Alamein Avenue, Carlingford.
A short time later, emergency services were called to Alamein Avenue, following reports of an injured child.
NSW Ambulance Paramedics treated a five-year-old boy at the scene for a laceration to his lip. He was taken to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead with non life-threatening injuries.
Police have been told the boy was bitten by a dog in a car, after the driver stopped to assist the boy.
Officers from Ryde Local Area Command would like to speak to the man in the vehicle, described only as a charcoal-coloured sedan.
Anyone with information is urged to come forward.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stopers.
