A 15-month-old toddler was mauled to death by a family dog in their garden. The girl - named on a GoFundMe page as Scarlett- was sat in in her grandparents' back garden along with the pit bull, before the pet attacked her.
Two adult relatives were also injured in what was described as an "unprovoked attack" in East Providence, Rhode Island. Local police officers were called to the home at around 2.45pm on Thursday and found the child had been bitten several times by the family dog.
Scarlett was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Upper South Providence less than three miles away where she later died, police confirmed.
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