A Bristol Borough police officer is in the hospital after a dog attack on Christmas.
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Officer Michael Levitsky was dispatched to the 600 block of Pond Street Thursday just before 7 p.m. for a domestic call at a home, Chief of Police Joe Moors told LevittownNow.com.
As Levitsky got to the top of the stoop and knocked on the door, a large rottweiler ran toward the door, crashed through the screen, and “launched the officer about 8 feet back,” Moors said.
Levitsky was attacked by the dog and suffered injuries from the fall, the chief said.
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The officer was taken by ambulance to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia. He remained there Friday with non-life-threatening injuries, Moors said.
The incident remains under investigation as of Friday.
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Due to the attack, the dog will have to be quarantined for 10 days.
