FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Fall River police are investigating after a 7-year-old boy and his parents were bit by a dog.

 

Police say the boy and his mother were walking into their home on Aetna Street just before 9 p.m. while a neighbor was leaving with their leashed dog.

 

The boy was startled by the dog, according to police, and his reaction resulted in the dog biting him in the leg.

 

Police said the mother was trying to get the dog off of him when the dog also bit her.

 

The boy’s father heard the commotion from inside and went out to help fight the dog off, police said. He was bitten in the groin area during the altercation.

 

The boy and his father were taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

 

From wpri.com.