'Frightening' - Neighbours on the Boughton Avenue dog attack

Three people were injured - including a 68-year-old woman with potentially life-changing injuries - after a dog attack this morning in Boughton Avenue.

Eyewitnesses said they were alarmed by screams, shouts, flashing lights and the buzz of an air ambulance landing nearby.

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Police removing objects from the crime scene. (Image: NQ)

An estimated ten police cars, an ambulance, an air ambulance and a black unmarked car had arrived outside the residential property at around 9am.

Officers had given first aid to two of the people - the woman, who at the time had life-threatening injuries, and a man with serious injuries - before paramedics arrived.

The family killed the dog during the attack to prevent the animal from causing more harm.

One neighbour said: "I heard shouting at about 8.30am, then it went quiet, and then it started again.

"I heard the noise and looked up and down the road, and no police cars were there.

"I then saw a man leave the house, and he had a hammer in his hand, and when police arrived, he sat on the floor in relief.

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A police car was parked outside the property. (Image: NQ)

"There were around ten police cars, an ambulance, an air ambulance and a black unmarked car which had two police officers come out of it with guns."

Residents had said Boughton Avenue was a quiet street with few things going on. 

One said: "It is shocking and frightening that something like that has happened."

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said when they arrived at the scene, there were three patients; two men and a woman.

A police officer stood guard outside the home in Boughton Avenue. (Image: NQ)

The woman was rushed to the University Hospital in Birmingham, and a 38-year-old man was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

The third man, who did not wish to go to hospital, was discharged at the scene.

An officer wearing purple gloves was seen looking around the garden. (Image: NQ)

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "We can confirm that the dog died during the incident when the family were trying to stop it from harming the individuals and in the prevention of it causing any more injury."

The breed of the dog is still unknown while police await confirmation from a vet.