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Toddler bitten by dog on Cape Cod, flown to hospital in Boston, police say

The dog involved was a pit bull mix, and everyone involved knew each other, according to Wellfleet police

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A 2-year-old child was bitten by a dog at a home in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Sunday, and flown to a hospital in Boston for treatment, police said.

The toddler is expected to survive the apparent attack.

The incident was reported about 2:15 p.m. at a home on East Hill Road, police said. The Wellfleet Fire Department brought the child to Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Barnstable, where a medical helicopter flew them to a Boston hospital.

The incident, which remained under investigation by Wellfleet police as of Sunday afternoon, did not leave the child with life-threatening injuries, officials said. The dog involved was a pit bull mix, and everyone involved knew each other.

Police didn't share more information about what's believed to have happened.

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