NEW LONDON, CT — A woman was bitten by a pit bull while protecting her dog, New London police said. At 6:58 a.m. Sunday On Sunday morning, the New London Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call for a Hillside Road resident bitten by a dog while attempting to protect her dog from an attack by another dog, police said.

Upon arrival, police and fire personnel found a female victim with a serious dog bite to her hand that she sustained from a neighborhood dog that ran onto her property, police said. The victim was subsequently transported to L+M Hospital for medical care. The victim's dog was also injured and required immediate emergency care, police said.

Police said the offending dog was an 8 year-old male Pitbull terrier. The dog escaped from its owner, Paul Morneau of Ocean Avenue while on leash during a walk, police said.