Why We Carry: Florida Postal Worker Mauled To Death By 5 Dogs

INTERLACHEN, FLORIDA — A postal worker passed away after being mauled by five dogs after her truck broke down in Interlachen Lake Estates.

A resident who lived near the scene heard a woman screaming for help and saw five dogs attacking her. Many neighbors tried pulling the dogs off of the woman, and one of the neighbors shot a gun into the air to scare the dogs away.

Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies found the 61-year-old woman on the ground bleeding severely, they tried to start first aid on the woman, but because of her injuries they applied tourniquets until a rescue unit arrived and took the woman to a hospital.

The woman passed away due to her injuries.

The county’s animal control unit took custody of the dogs.