GREENVILLE, S.C. — Authorities in South Carolina said 911 dispatchers mishandled a call when a woman was attacked and killed after wrestling with her dogs.
Officials said the 52-year-old woman in South Carolina was killed after she was wrestling with her dogs in her front yard and they started to attack her.
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The Greenville County Coroner's Office said Nancy Cherryl Burgess-Dismuke died at the hospital about nine hours after she was attacked.
Greenville County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Ryan Flood said a neighbor saw the attack last month and called 911. Another neighbor was able to get the woman away from the dogs, but she had suffered severe injuries.
Flood said in a statement the dogs appear to be a boxer mix and were secured by animal control.
The coroner's office says Burgess-Dismuke had several bites to her upper body and lost a large amount of blood.
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office said dispatchers violated communications policy by transferring the caller to animal control rather than EMS.
Officials said two dispatchers received three-day suspensions.