Upper Coomera, Gold Coast: High school student hailed a hero after rescuing a woman suffering severe facial injuries from a dog attack
A teenager hailed as a hero for helping a woman who was viciously attacked by a wild dog has admitted she was ‘terrified’ when she stepped in to help.
Schoolgirl Indianna Seiler, 14, saw the woman in her 50s being mauled in a park in Upper Coomera on the Gold Coast on Monday and rushed to help.
The victim suffered serious facial injuries, but Indianna was able to use her jacket to stop the bleeding while reassuring the distressed woman.
“When I saw that there were no adults around, I tried to help as best I could,” the high school student said 7News.
Schoolgirl Indianna Seiler (pictured) has been hailed as a hero for helping a woman who was viciously attacked by a wild dog, saying she was ‘terrified’ when she stepped in to help
Indianna, 14, saw the woman in her 50s being mauled in a park (pictured) in Upper Coomera on the Gold Coast on Monday and rushed to help
Other students used their school bags to keep the dog at bay while Indianna Triple-0 called for help.
“The moment I didn’t feel brave, I was terrified,” she said.
Her mother, Monique Coonan, said Indianna was “covered in blood” but may have helped save the woman’s life.
“The nurse did say that if Indi didn’t do what she did, and apply the pressure she did as quickly as she did, then the woman might not have been in the position she was in,” Ms Coonan said.
The woman was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition, the Queensland Ambulance Service said.
Gold Coast Council is investigating what happened and said the dog has been seized.