Woman bitten by her own dog due to fireworks

Republic-Times- July 12, 2021

Columbia police and EMS personnel responded shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday to the report of a woman who was bitten by her own dog while the animal was alarmed due to fireworks going off nearby.

The incident was on Robert Drive in the Columbia Lakes subdivision.

The woman was transported to Mercy Hospital South for small lacerations to her face.

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