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| Boy, 3, dies after being bitten by dog in Halstead | Boy, 3, dies after being bitten by dog in Halstead |
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| A three-year-old boy has died after he was bitten by a dog in Essex. | A three-year-old boy has died after he was bitten by a dog in Essex. |
| Essex police said it happened at a property in Parker Way, Halstead, at 17:40 BST on Thursday. | Essex police said it happened at a property in Parker Way, Halstead, at 17:40 BST on Thursday. |
| An air ambulance was called to the scene and the boy was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. | An air ambulance was called to the scene and the boy was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. |
| Police said a 29-year-old woman had been arrested for allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control. The dog has been seized by police and placed in kennels. | Police said a 29-year-old woman had been arrested for allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control. The dog has been seized by police and placed in kennels. |
| Live updates: Boy dies following dog bite | Live updates: Boy dies following dog bite |
| Neighbour Phyllis Younger heard the boy's screams. | |
| "I heard this screaming," she said. "I did not really associate it with anything terrible - it was like children having a bit of fun. But then I thought it might not be quite right. | |
| "Then it was quiet. I looked out of the window and saw a police car and paramedics and neighbours looking along the road." | |
| Mrs Younger went outside and asked what had happened. | |
| "They told me the dog had attacked the little boy and he was in a bad way." | |
| She said the family involved had not lived in the street for very long and "kept themselves to themselves". | |
| Shirley Diver, mayor of Halstead, said the incident was heartbreaking. | |
| She said: "It's dreadful news, it really is. I've had dogs all my life and I don't think you can ever trust a dog 100% with any child. | She said: "It's dreadful news, it really is. I've had dogs all my life and I don't think you can ever trust a dog 100% with any child. |
| "It's so sad. I feel so sadly for the family who are involved. Words can't express how it affects anybody. The whole town is in shock." | "It's so sad. I feel so sadly for the family who are involved. Words can't express how it affects anybody. The whole town is in shock." |
| At the scene: Chris Flynn, BBC Essex | |
| I have been told Parker Way is usually a quiet street. | |
| But today, it is unusually sombre. | |
| There is an address here which is cordoned off. Within the cordon, forensics officers are at work collecting evidence. | |
| Representatives of the local and national media are walking up and down the street, knocking on doors and quietly talking to people in the street. | |
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