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| Postman badly hurt in dog attack | Postman badly hurt in dog attack |
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| A postman has been attacked and badly hurt by two rottweiler dogs while delivering Christmas mail. | A postman has been attacked and badly hurt by two rottweiler dogs while delivering Christmas mail. |
| Keith Davies, 54, suffered "severe" arm injuries in the incident which happened on Monday morning in Cambridge. | |
| Cambridgeshire Police said the dogs had been destroyed following the attack and an inquiry was under way. | Cambridgeshire Police said the dogs had been destroyed following the attack and an inquiry was under way. |
| Royal Mail said the postman was making "steady progress" in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and an "urgent investigation" had begun. | Royal Mail said the postman was making "steady progress" in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and an "urgent investigation" had begun. |
| Mr Davies was savaged outside a property in Trumpington on the outskirts of Cambridge. | |
| Bricklayer Anthony Lunn, 44, came to his aid fighting off the dogs with an iron bar. | Bricklayer Anthony Lunn, 44, came to his aid fighting off the dogs with an iron bar. |
| Animal attacks | Animal attacks |
| He said: "I ran over with an iron bar when my son told me a man was being attacked by a dog. | He said: "I ran over with an iron bar when my son told me a man was being attacked by a dog. |
| "When I approached the dogs, they both ran at me. I retreated back to my van and ran one of them over. But every time I got out of the van, the other dog came at me. | "When I approached the dogs, they both ran at me. I retreated back to my van and ran one of them over. But every time I got out of the van, the other dog came at me. |
| "I got on the phone to the ambulance and police, and kept revving the engine to distract the dog until it stopped mauling the postman. | "I got on the phone to the ambulance and police, and kept revving the engine to distract the dog until it stopped mauling the postman. |
| "It eventually stopped, but after a long time. He was in a huge amount of agony. | "It eventually stopped, but after a long time. He was in a huge amount of agony. |
| "The police said we saved his life. But I only did what anyone else would have done." | "The police said we saved his life. But I only did what anyone else would have done." |
| Mr Davies, who was filling in for an injured colleague, was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, by air ambulance. | |
| A Royal Mail spokesman said: "One of our postmen was taken to hospital after he was attacked by two dogs while out delivering in the Cambridge area yesterday. | A Royal Mail spokesman said: "One of our postmen was taken to hospital after he was attacked by two dogs while out delivering in the Cambridge area yesterday. |
| "Thankfully, he is making steady progress in hospital today, however we are, of course, shocked by this incident and are urgently investigating what happened. | "Thankfully, he is making steady progress in hospital today, however we are, of course, shocked by this incident and are urgently investigating what happened. |
| "Regrettably, dog attacks are a hazard faced by our employees - we record about 5,000 animal attacks on our postmen and women a year, with the vast majority being dogs." | "Regrettably, dog attacks are a hazard faced by our employees - we record about 5,000 animal attacks on our postmen and women a year, with the vast majority being dogs." |