A 70-year-old Summerville resident was injured after trying to get away from a pit bulldog on Friday morning, according to Summerville Police reports.

Janice Foster was working in her flowerbed in her front yard when”an extremely vicious pit bulldog” charged at her, Officer Roy Williams stated.

“[Foster] said she tried to run from the dog when she tripped on the porch steps injuring her left knee. . . When she fell, she grabbed a lounge chair from the porch and threw it at the dog before it would stop,” Officer Williams stated.

A Chattooga County Animal Control officer was called to track the dog. It lives at a residence on Woods Street, according to a report. Animal control put the dog back into the owner’s fenced yard and secured the dog. A note was left on the owner’s fence, according to reports.