North Carolina FedEx driver is attacked by TWO German shepherds and left with gruesome injuries while making holiday delivery
- Angela Wyche was making a delivery to a house when the dogs pushed open the door and jumped at her
- She was left with gaping wounds after the dogs sank their teeth into it and refused to let go
- Wyche was hit with a $408 hospital bill after seeking treatment
A FedEx worker from North Carolina was making a holiday delivery when she was attacked by two German Shepherds and left with horrific wounds.
On Friday, Angela Wyche delivered a delivery to a house in the city of Carthage. As she approached the front door, the dogs pushed it open and charged at her.
“One was on my left leg, one on my right leg and they just bit me and bit me,” Wyche said WRAL.
'I screamed, I moved my legs. The dogs growled and kept biting me.”
The delivery driver managed to escape and get to her truck – not before leaving her with bloody wounds.
Angela Wyche, a FedEx delivery driver in North Carolina, was making her rounds when she stopped at a home in Carthage and was attacked by two German Shepherds
“One was on my left leg, one on my right leg and they bit and bit me,” Wyche said. She was left with bloody wounds on both legs
The delivery person was left with a $408 hospital bill after the attack. She says she is waiting for verification whether the dogs were up to date on their vaccinations
Wyche went to FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, where she was left with a whopping $408 hospital bill.
She said investigators contacted the dog's owner, who reported that the dogs were up to date on their vaccinations. However, Wyche said she was waiting for verification.
Under North Carolina law, a dog owner can be held strictly liable for bites if their dog is deemed “dangerous” and if the dog injures another party or destroys their personal property.
The legal definition of a 'dangerous dog' is a dog that has killed or caused serious injury to another person without provocation.
A victim does not have to prove that the owner was negligent as long as their dog caused a “serious injury” that required hospitalization or cosmetic surgery.
It is unclear whether Wyche plans to sue the dog owner.
While the FedEx driver was able to escape, albeit with gaping wounds, others were not so lucky.
Portland boy Loyalty Charles Scott, 6, was beaten to death by two dogs in the garage of a family friend's home earlier this month.
While Wyche escaped with injuries, six-year-old Portland boy Loyalty Charles Scott was mauled to death by two Great Dane-Mastiff mixes earlier this month.
On December 5, fire and rescue crews arrived at a home in Parkrose Heights after hearing reports of a possible animal attack.
There they found a woman covered in blood who said she had gone into the garage to care for her Great Dane-Mastiff mixes when Loyalty opened the door behind her.
The boy had been dropped off by his grandmother earlier that morning so that her boyfriend could take him to school.
Mike Benner, public information officer for the Portland Police Bureau, said there was never a call to police regarding the animals.
However, the elementary school student knew not to go around them, so they stood in the garage.
The two dogs were euthanized after the attack.