Woman airlifted after dog attack

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- A woman had to be airlifted to the hospital after suffering severe injuries following a dog attack.

Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue responded to a home on the 17000 block of Southwest 108th Avenue, just before 12 p.m. Friday.

They called the 61-year-old woman's injuries severe and sent her via air rescue on a trauma alert to Kendall Regional Hospital.

According to a Miami-Dade Police spokesperson the woman was trying to break up a fight between her two dogs, an American bulldog and a Labrador. Both dogs bit the woman, causing her to fall down and break her wrist.

The dogs are now in the custody of a family member.

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