7-year-old attacked by dog in Yucca Valley

A 7-year-old was hospitalized after being attacked by at a residence in Yucca Valley.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, they received a report of the attack Thursday at around 9:36 p.m.

Deputies were told the boy went in a room where the dog was lying on a dog bed. The dog became startled and attacked the boy.

The boy was bit in the face, causing a severe laceration. The boy was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Yucca Valley Animal Control has taken custody of the dog.

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Nearly one month ago, a 70-year-old woman was died a short time after being viciously attacked by four dogs outside her home on the 59000 block of Sunflower Drive in Joshua Tree.

Read: News Channel 3’s Brooke Beare looked into numerous surrounding the woman’s death

In Riverside County, the Coroner’s office has a record of 7 deadly dog attacks since 2005. They are:

2009 – Hill Andrew Williams, Jr. 2010 – Christina Casey 2010 – Edward Mitchell 2013 – Elsie Helen Grace 2014 – Annabell Martin 2015 – Emilio Ross 2018 – Hector Riano