COLUMBUS — An Ohio child died after being bitten by a dog Wednesday morning.
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The Columbus Division of Police told our news partners at WBNS that the child was taken to a fire station on Parsons Avenue.
The child was then transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where they died at 11:43 a.m.
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While police did not initially disclose the child’s age, a dispatcher with the city’s public safety department told WBNS they were 7 months old.
Details on where the child was bitten were also not made immediately available, but WBNS reported Columbus police and Franklin County Animal Care and Control were holding a scene on South Champion Avenue.
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