Blackpool Police seize dog after woman is attacked and bitten in face in Grange Park

A woman in her 70’s was taken to hospital with facial injuries after she was attacked by a dog.

Police were called at 3.12pm yesterday to a property in Draycot Avenue on Blackpool’s Grange Park Estate to a report of a dog bite attack.

Several police units were seen outside the address, some officers carrying shields. An ambulance was also present.

A spokesperson for Blackpool Police said: “Our officers attended and found that a woman in her 70s had been bitten by a dog inside a property.

“The woman was taken to hospital with facial injuries.

“The dog was safely removed from the property and has been seized.”