South Florida woman badly hurt after being attacked by 2 dogs, police say

A 63-year-old woman is recovering at Jackson South Medical Center after being attacked by two dogs Friday morning in Homestead, according to police.

The attack happened around 10:30 a.m. near the 250 block of Northwest 9th Terrace.

Surveillance video shows the woman walking down the street when two dogs run toward her. The video then becomes hard to make out, but the dogs can be seen standing over the woman as she struggles to get away.

Alexander Hernandez, who works nearby, said he heard the woman screaming for help.

"I hear the loud barking, and then I hear under it help, help," Hernandez said.

Hernandez said he ran toward the scene, yelling at the dogs until they backed away and returned to the property.

"Luckily, me running and screaming got them off of her and they ran back to the property, and I helped her up and took her inside, put her on a chair, and she was just bleeding everywhere," he said.

Homestead Police said the woman suffered multiple bite injuries to her head, neck, right arm and right ankle. She was alert and speaking with first responders but appeared to be in shock.

The woman was taken to Jackson South as a Trauma Alert for treatment.

"She had a huge laceration on the back of her head where you could see her skull itself and like deep lacerations like in her arm, like bite marks," he said.

A nearby worker, Domingo Perez, said he has seen the dogs in the area before and has been concerned about encounters with them.

"I see the dog on the outside sometimes; the dog is coming out and walking here. I take my bar because maybe the dog is coming here. I need it as defense, you know?" Perez said.

The two dogs, described as stray American Bulldog mixes, have been secured and are now in the custody of Miami-Dade Animal Services. Police said there is no ongoing threat to the public.

CBS News Miami reached out to the business where the dogs' owners reportedly work, but has not received a response.

Animal Services was also asked about what would happen to the dogs next. The agency's response was not immediately available.

No arrests have been made.

Hernandez said he is simply grateful he was nearby when the woman needed help.

"That's just God putting me in the right place at the right time," he said.