Pack Of Dogs Run Riot In Missouri Street, Maul 2 Elderly Women

A pack of dogs pounced on several people in the streets of Florissant, Missouri, seriously injuring two elderly women.

Officers with the Florissant Police Department and the St. Louis County Animal Control responded to the scene on Tuesday after receiving information that four dogs were running loose and attacking people.

"Early indications reveal that the two women were walking in the 1400 block of Angelus when the dogs ran out of a home and immediately ran to the victims and began to attack them. One of the victims fell to the ground and sustained serious injuries to her head and legs. The other victim sustained lower leg injuries," Florissant Police Department said on Facebook.

The women, whose identities were not revealed, were rushed to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The dogs then ran towards another street where one of them was run over by a vehicle. The other dogs then attacked a woman walking her dog and also another passerby who had rushed to help her. Both of them sustained injuries in the leg.

The canines were eventually contained in a backyard till the Animal Control arrived at the scene and took them into their custody. It wasn’t clear if the canines will be put down. Their breeds were also not revealed.

The incident comes days after a pack of dogs attacked and critically injured a 10-year-old girl while she was playing outside her home in Lumberton, North Carolina. Officers arrived at the scene after receiving information that a girl was being mauled by four dogs. The victim was airlifted to the hospital where she was treated for multiple wounds. She, however, remained in a critical condition at the time. Meanwhile, the dogs were seized by the animal control and officers said the canines had different owners.