LINCOLN PARK, MICHIGAN—
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Struck by animal unspecified · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
Final narrative
An employee was delivering mail when she was knocked to the concrete ground by dogs, resulting in lacerations to her head and neck. She was hospitalized.
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