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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A mail carrier was bitten by a dog in the Perry North neighborhood of Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, police and medics were called to the 200 block of Venture Street around 1:45 p.m. for a reported dog bite. Officials state that a mail carrier told first responders that a dog had bitten them in the hand, which caused a small puncture wound. The mail carrier was taken to the hospital in stable condition, and Animal Care and Control officers secured the dog at a home on the scene.