Girl Injured In Pit Bull Attack Released

GILMER — The two-year-old who was flown to Dallas Children’s Hospital Wednesday evening after being attacked by a pit bull has been released from the hospital, Dallas Children’s Hospital spokeswoman Peggy O’Hare said Thursday. Upshur County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Ironwood Road around 4 p.m. Wednesday in connection with a toddler, identified as Alexis Black, who had been injured by a pit bull.

Upshur County spokesman Freddie Fitzgerald said Alexis was transported to East Texas Medical Center in Gilmer, then flown to Dallas Children’s Hospital. O’Hare said she had been treated and released from the hospital this morning. Wednesday evening Fitzgerald said the dog was seized from the Western Upshur County residence and taken to an area veterinary clinic to be quarantined.