2 injured while breaking up Springfield dog fight

Two people were transported to a local hospital after being bit by dogs while attempted to break up a fight between two dogs Tuesday.

Officers responded to the 300 block of East College Avenue around 12:45 p.m.

According to investigators, a person was walking a dog in the area, when the dog began to charge toward another dog on a property in the area.

The two dogs began fighting and while trying to break up the fight the people involved were injured, authorities said.

The victims' conditions were not immediately known.

Animal control was called to the scene, but the status of the dogs involved was not immediately known.

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