GENEVA, Ala. (WTVY) – A Geneva woman was hospitalized Thursday after being attacked by three dogs on her way to work, and her family says the city received complaints about the animals before the attack occurred.<\/p>\n
Sheila Pate walked the same route to work for seven years before the attack. She said she was approximately 20 feet from her home when she encountered the dogs.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I started backing up, and {they} started charging me,\u201d Pate said.<\/p>\n
Video footage from her neighbor\u2019s ring camera captured the attack. Pate was bitten across her body by three dogs and was transported to Wiregrass Hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cI seriously thought I was fixing to die,\u201d Pate said. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018God, please get these dogs off of me. They\u2019re going to kill me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Pate\u2019s son, Kenneth, said the city had received prior notice about the unruly dogs hours earlier from another neighbor.<\/p>\n
Geneva Police Chief Pepper Mock told News4 an officer responded to the first call but left the scene to assist with storm cleanup. Animal control was later dispatched to pick up the dogs, but before officers arrived, police received another call reporting that the dogs had attacked Sheila Pate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation he left almost killed my mama,\u201d Kenneth Pate said.<\/p>\n
Kenneth blames the city of Geneva. His mother said she agrees.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe owners should be held accountable. The city should be held accountable,\u201d Sheila Pate said. \u201cThat\u2019s just plain and simple.<\/p>\n
Pate said she does not plan to walk that street again and is focused on recovering from her injuries.<\/p>\n
Chief Mock said the investigation into the incident is ongoing with possible criminal charges against the dogs\u2019 owners.<\/p>\n
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