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| Postman badly hurt in dog attack | Postman badly hurt in dog attack |
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| A postman has undergone a six-hour operation after being attacked by two rottweiler dogs while delivering mail. | |
| Keith Davies "had his arm nearly ripped off" in the attack on Monday morning in Cambridge, according to his union. | |
| 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 54-year-old 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. | 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 by air ambulance. | |
| Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communication Workers Union, said a bricklayer had gone to Mr Davies' aid and "probably saved his life". | |
| "He had his arm nearly ripped clean off," said Mr Joyce. | |
| "He underwent six hours of surgery. He suffered nerve and tendon damage. He has a great big hole in his arm. 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." | |
| A Royal Mail spokesman said: "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." |