A 62-year-old man from Chester has died after being bitten by a dog owned by his daughter-in-law. The victim, locally named Keven Jones, suffered a cardiac arrest after being bitten at a Wrexham home.
Chanel Nicole Fong was with her father-in-law when she died at her home on Holt Road, which she described as the “worst day of her life.” Police confirmed the dog was slaughtered.
In a public Facebook post, Chanel said she had asked her father-in-law to take care of her dogs as she would be out for some part of the day. Ms Fong said Mr Jones was the only person who could handle her dogs apart from her and her husband Josh, who was in London at the time of the incident, North Wales Live reports.
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As she was preparing to leave the house around 11:20 a.m. Monday, Ms. Fong said she heard Mr. Jones in the kitchen telling Cookie-Doe, the dog that bit him, to get him up. . He went into the room and told the dog to come down and, according to Ms. Fong, he did.
Cookie the dog was sacrificed on the property (Image: Instagram)
In the post, he said he later noticed blood coming out of his father-in-law’s leg and grabbed the dog’s blanket to help contain the blood coming out of the wound. He said he then took him to a couch and called an ambulance.
Ms. Fong said the 62-year-old man grabbed her shoulder to tell her he was dying. At the time he was still in line with the ambulance service and says he was told to put him on the ground and start doing chest compressions. An ambulance arrived about seven minutes later, he said.
Paramedics spent 45 minutes trying to save Mr. Jones’ life, but he sadly died at the scene. Ms. Fong thanked the emergency services for their help in what she described as the worst day of her life.
She wrote: “I want to thank the North Wales ambulance service, the air ambulance, the North Wales police and their special dog handling team. But after working on Keven for 45 minutes , he didn’t breathe anymore.
“Today has been the worst day of my life. I’ve had to watch two men I love so much take their last breath. I can’t get the feeling of Keven’s blood and everything I can hear in my head out of my hands. is The screams of cookies.
“Cookie didn’t attack Keven, he’s an old boy and he plays too hard. Please respect Josh and his family, me and my family at this absolutely heartbreaking time. A trained vet sacrificed the cookie in the garden “The back and the other dogs were slaughtered. Checked by the dog handling team, our special Fire girl was taken because she has an athletic complexion, but they were happy with the rest and they’re all in bed.”
62-year-old man dies after being bitten by a dog at a Wrexham home (Image: North Wales Live)
A North Wales police spokesman confirmed that the victim was from the Chester area. They said: “At 11.44am yesterday (May 23rd) we responded to a request to attend an address on Holt Road, Wrexham to assist an ambulance crew at the scene. An ambulance from Wales reported that a 62-year-old man was suffering from heart disease after being bitten by a dog on the property.
“Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of the paramedics, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s relatives have been informed and our investigation into this incident is still ongoing.
“Family members have demanded that their privacy be respected at this time. The dog was securely locked in the property and was slaughtered by a veterinarian at the scene.
“Another dog kept on the property was removed by trained dog handlers and will be put in a kennel temporarily while consultations are made.
A spokesman for the Welsh ambulance service said yesterday: “We were called to report a medical emergency in the Holt Road area of Wrexham. We sent three emergency ambulances, two emergency vehicles and the ‘Welsh air ambulance at the scene’.
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