'Horrific' attack by 4 large dogs leaves man in his 70s dead in road

OCEAN VIEW, Hawaii -- Four large dogs have attacked and killed a man in his 70s in an early morning "unprovoked" attack in the middle of the road that police are calling "horrific."

The incident occurred at approximately 8:59 a.m. on Tuesday morning when Ka'u patrol officers on Hawaii's Big Island received a call and responded to an animal complaint in the 92-2000 block of Outrigger Drive in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision, according to a statement released by the Hawaii Police Department.

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While authorities are unsure how the attack began, officials were able to locate a witness who reported "hearing a commotion outside his residence," police said. When the witness went to check on the noises he was hearing outside his home, he said he "saw the victim being attacked in the roadway by four large dogs" before he was able to chase the dogs away and call police and paramedics to the scene.

When officers arrived, they discovered a man -- estimated to be in his 70's -- lying unconscious in the middle of the road.

"The victim, believed to be a male in his 70s, was treated by emergency medical personnel at the scene and while being transported to the Kona Community Hospital, he succumbed to his injuries," Hawaii Police Department said. "He was transported to the Ka' Hospital for the official pronouncement of death."

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