Published January 14, 2015
Authorities say a 17-month old boy has died after being mauled by a pit bull.
Merced County authorities say the attack occurred Friday, and the boy died after being airlifted to a hospital.
Deputy Tom MacKenzie says deputies responding to a 911 hang-up found blood on a doorstep. A few miles away, another deputy pulled over the driver of a car who was driving erratically.
Authorities say the woman behind the wheel was the same person who called 911, and she was trying to drive the child to a hospital.
She told deputies she was baby-sitting the toddler when the dog attacked.
The names of the child and the baby sitter were not released.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/authorities-calif-toddler-mauled-to-death-by-pit-bull