Boy, 5, savaged in the throat by American pit bull who tried to maul mum too

A five-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after being bitten on the neck by a neighbour's dog.



The American pitbull tried to savage the boy and only broke free to maul his mother who came to his aid.



The boy's mum received arm injuries when she tried to stop the dog from clinging to her son’s neck, with the animal only unlatching its hold because it turned on her.



The attack happened yesterday at Quakers Hills, west of Sydney, when Angus and a friend were outside on the footpath talking to the neighbour, reports 7 News.



Paramedics said the schoolboy would not have survived the attack had his mum and the dog’s owner not intervened.