Sydney, Sept. 9 -- A teenage girl has died from her injuries four days after being attacked by a dog at a home north of Sydney.
Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement on Tuesday that the 17-year-old girl died in hospital on Monday.
Emergency services were called to a home in the town of Singleton, 145 km north of Sydney, at around 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 4 and found the 17-year-old girl with injuries to her head, neck and body.
She was treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics before being airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
NSW Police said that the girl was at a friend's home when she was attacked by a 10-year-old mixed-breed dog that lived there.
Local Area Police Commander Justin Cornes said at a ...