Woman badly bitten by escaped pit bull in northeast Calgary

A woman was taken to Peter Lougheed hospital on Wednesday morning after she was attacked by a dog in Calgary'snortheast.

Emergency crews were dispatched to a residence in Abbeydale at about8 a.m., an EMS official said.

The 32-year-old woman was walking along a back alley when the dog escaped from its yard and attacked, biting her numerous times.

She was taken to hospital in non-life-threatening condition.

The 11-month-old pit bullwas seized by the city's community standards officers, who are investigating the incident.

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