ROCKAWAYS, Queens (WABC) — A pit bull attacked four family members, two of them children, while they were unloading groceries from their car in Queens.<\/p>\n
Police said it happened around 9:47 p.m. at Beach 62 Street and Thursby Avenue in the Arverne area of Queens.<\/p>\n
“I ran out and see like everyone else, my family members, were screaming,” said Janmajoy ‘Sam’ Samrat. “I saw a brown pit bull dog, and it came out of nowhere when they were getting out of their car and it attacked everybody.”<\/p>\n
Samrat said his wife’s family is in town from Canada, including the 16-year-old girl and the 11-year-old boy. He said they were unloading groceries from the car when the dog attacked unprovoked.<\/p>\n
“The mother and her brother, they got bitten the most severely. There was blood everywhere,” Samrat said.<\/p>\n
According to police, the 11-year-old boy suffered injuries to his right thigh, the 16-year-old girl had injuries to her neck, right thigh, and left leg, a 37-year-old man had injuries to his left hand, and a 42-year-old woman suffered injuries to her private area.<\/p>\n
Police said EMS responded and transported the 16-year-old teen to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition. The 11-year-old boy, 37-year-old man and 42-year-old woman were taken to St. Johns Episcopal Hospital South Shore by EMS in stable condition.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday evening, police said there had been no arrests, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
Samrat said a man whom he believes to be the dog’s owner grabbed it and left without stopping to help.<\/p>\n
One day after the alleged attack, groceries and blood spatter could be seen along the sidewalk in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Samrat said the family is resting and trying to recover both physically and emotionally.<\/p>\n
“The mom has been vomiting, like 3-4 times already, every one of them are sleeping, they are suffering for the child, it will be a traumatic experience, I hope they don’t hate New York,” Samrat said.<\/p>\n
According to the family, the whole reason they were visiting from Canada was to see the children’s grandfather, who was already in the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n
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