brutally mauled by a group of five dogs in Putnam County, Florida.Pamela Jane Rock, 61, died in hospital Monday night after the attack in the town of Interlachen, Putnam County Sheriff’s Colonel Joseph Wells said during a press conference on Tuesday.
Escaped N.S. inmate robs bank, dines-and-dashes while on run, police say Rock’s niece, who was unnamed, told NBC affiliate First Coast News that her aunt’s postal vehicle broke down on Sunday.
She said Rock had just recently completed her training as a postal worker when she became stranded in front of a property with five dogs.REST IN PEACE: The Florida postal worker who was killed by a pack of five dogs after her delivery truck broke down on Sunday was identified as Pamela Jane Rock, 61.
https://t.co/K8pTnGNR8W pic.twitter.com/oG7J8TspMz— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) August 24, 2022Investigators believe the dogs were able to push away rocks at the base of the fence keeping them on their owner’s property, Wells said at the press briefing.Wells claimed neighbours and the dog’s owner attempted to intervene in the attack when they heard Rock begin to scream.“One neighbour brought his firearm along and fired several shots in the air in an attempt to disrupt the attack,” Wells said. “That was unsuccessful.”When officers arrived at the scene, the dogs had been guided back to their enclosure but had left Rock seriously injured and bleeding on the ground.