A 54-year-old postman was delivering Christmas cards when his arm was nearly ripped off in a frenzied attack by two Rottweiler guard dogs.
Keith Davies was savaged outside a £1.3 million pound mansion in Cambridge and had to undergo a six-hour operation as surgeons battled to save his limb. But it could have been much worse.
A 54-year-old postman was delivering Christmas cards when his arm was nearly ripped off in a frenzied attack by two Rottweiler guard dogs.
Keith Davies was savaged outside a £1.3 million pound mansion in Cambridge and had to undergo a six-hour operation as surgeons battled to save his limb. But it could have been much worse.
He may well had been killed by the incident had Anthony Lunn, a 44-year-old bricklayer, not come to his rescue.
Anthony was visiting a former customer on the street when his son, hearing Mr Davies’ screams, alerted him to the attack. Mr Lunn then fought the dogs off with an iron bar before retreating to his van and running one of them over:
“I ran over with an iron bar. When I approached, they both ran at me. I retreated to my van and ran one over. But every time I got out, the other dog came at me. I got on the phone to the emergency services and kept revving the engine to distract the dog until it stopped mauling him. It eventually stopped, but after a long time.”
Keith had suffered horrific injuries. He was airlifted to Addenbrooke’s hospital where he underwent two rounds of surgery. An ambulance service spokesman reported how crews had been left “traumatised” by what they had seen that day.
Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the CWU had this to say: “We don’t know whether they are going to save his arm. Mr Davies and his family are traumatised. We don’t know what long term psychological damage he will suffer. We don’t know whether he’ll be able to work as a postman again.” Mr Joyce also praised the bravery of Mr Lunn: “He probably saved Mr Davies’ life. It could have been fatal. That man deserves some sort of commendation.”
This attack prompted the Post union to claim that the police are not taking dog attacks seriously enough.
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