Woman in 20s rushed to hospital after she was pinned to ground in horror dog attack as cops launch urgent hunt for owner
A WOMAN in her 20s has been rushed to hospital after she was pinned to the ground in a horror dog attack.
Police are now hunting for the hounds' owner, who left the London park before emergency services arrived.
The horror unfolded yesterday, with videos circulating online of the woman being mauled.
In the clip the woman van be seen being pinned to the ground by the beasts as she screams in terror on a grassy area behind a block of flats in Lambeth.
The pitbull-looking dogs can be seen leaping up at the woman before dragging her to the ground as the owner loses complete control.
Horror then unfolds as the vicious animals jump at the victim's face and drag her down by her hair for the second time.
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As two of the dogs get on top of her while she lies helplessly on the ground, the owner manages to tackle the third and grab its collar.
Managing to get up off the grass as she screams out in pain, the man grabs the second animal and pulls it off her.
The owner then tries kicking the third canine, still attached to the woman, in a bid to get it to stop as he screams: "Rocco, Rocco".
The vicious hound then bites onto the woman's arm and pulls it side to side as she's pinned up against a fence.
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Met Police cops and London Ambulance Service were scrambled to Abbots Park at 12.15noon on Tuesday.
A woman, in her 20s, was rushed to hospital for "a significant injury" to her arm, the force said.
An urgent hunt has now been launched for the man in charge of the dogs - who left with the animals prior to cops arriving.
Met Police said in a statement: "Officers were called at 12:15pm on Tuesday 6th June to Abbots Park, Lambeth SW2.
"A woman in her mid-20s had reported being attacked by three dogs.
"Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene.
"The woman was taken to hospital where she is being treated for a significant injury to her right arm, the injuries are not life threatening.
"The man in charge of the dogs had left with the animals prior to police arrival.
"Enquires are in hand to trace the dogs and owner."
Britain is currently battling an epidemic of vicious maulings, with incidents this year already hitting a 40-year high.
In the last ten years there have been 41 deaths as a result of vicious dog attacks - and ten of these took place in the last year.
It comes after four-year-old Alice Stones was killed by her family's dog her back garden in Milton Keynes.
Wayne Stevens, 51, died following the attack inside a Derby home.
And a six-year-old boy suffered "potentially life-changing" injuries after being mauled by an American Staffordshire terrier in South Yorkshire.
The Sun recently revealed which county in the UK has seen the most fatalities in the last decade.
From 2013 to present Yorkshire has seen five deaths from dog attacks - making it the most deadly area in Britain.
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Merseyside and South Wales come in joint second for the most deathly dog attacks - with four in each county.
Manchester and Lancashire are the third worst areas for fatalities after seeing two deaths each in the last ten years.
