TOPEKA (KSNT) – A postal worker says she is happy to be alive after a dog attacked her last week, a situation that ended when a nearby neighbor shot and killed the animal.
Sarah Stevens was delivering mail to homes along her route in the Potwin neighborhood the morning of Friday, Oct. 17 when a pitbull allegedly leaped over the fence of a nearby yard and attacked her, biting her right hand. Sarah Stevens fought the animal off only for it to latch onto her arm again, sending her to the ground.
“It surprised me that it got out,” Sarah Stevens said. “I was not expecting it. They bark at you, but there’s lots of dogs that bark at you.”
Sarah Stevens’ cries for help were answered when a nearby neighbor armed with a firearm approached the dog and shot it. Phillip Stevens, Sarah’s husband, was notified a short time later of the attack.
