Bodycam video shows woman moments after pit bull left her hospitalized with severe bite marks
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A gruesome video caught on a bodycam shows a Florida woman scrambling after being attacked by a pit bull that sent her to the hospital on Monday.
According to NBC affiliate WTVJ, Liliana Marbles was walking her mini Yorkie in West Palm Beach when an unleashed pit bull charged at her.
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“All of a sudden, I hear a bark, and I hear a scream: ‘Hold your dog!'” she told WTVJ. “I turn around, and I see a beast coming.”
Marbles then picked up her dog, Ponchita, as she was allegedly knocked to the ground by the pit bull, that latched on her arms.
The attack left the woman bleeding with severe bite marks on both of her arms.
Bystanders rushed to help Marbles, and they called 911.
“There’s a dog trying to bite another dog, and the lady’s bleeding. Oh my god,” a witness is heard saying.
The owner of the 2-year-old pit bull told WTVJ that her dog “slipped out of her hand” but Marbles said that the leash was not attached to the pit bull. West Palm police said the pit bull’s owner also tried to leave the scene.
The video released by authorities shows the moment Marbles is approached by officials, begging them to catch the dog as she bled from her arms.
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“It was like a big burn. Like my arm got on fire,” she said.
Marbles was taken to a nearby hospital to undergo surgery. WTVJ said she was released on Thursday and is expected to go through several months of physical therapy to recover from the attack.
WTVJ reported that the pit bull is being quarantined as local animal control investigates the incident.
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