Girl, 7, bitten in face by pit bull in Germantown

GERMANTOWN -- A young girl is hospitalized after being bitten by a dog in Philadelphia's Germantown section.

It happened around 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Collum Street.

Police say a 7-year-old girl was bitten in the face by a pit bull, believed to be a neighbor's dog.

The girl is being treated at Einstein Medical Center for facial injuries.

Police are investigating.

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