El Paso County man hospitalized after being attacked by four pit bulls

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - A man suffered serious injuries after he was attacked by four pit bulls near his home in southern El Paso County.

Katrina Davies told KRDO her brother lives off Indian Village Heights and Longhorn Point, just east of Wigwam. The attack happened Tuesday night when he was trying to get his mail.

No one was there to help him when it happened, but he was somehow able to call 9-1-1 for help. An ambulance then took him to UC Health Memorial Hospital. According to Davies, her brother needed emergency surgery to deal with his mauled arm, hand and ear.

"I'm just glad he's alive," said Katrina Davies. "We're lucky he's alive because it could have gotten a lot worse, and then in the circumstances where nobody's calling for help and  it is 100 degrees outside -- he could have been in a lot worse of a position."

The dogs have been impounded, according to the Humane Society of Colorado Springs. It is unclear what kind of charges the owner may be facing.

Davies' injuries are severe enough that they are unsure how long he will be in the hospital, and according to his sister, he may also need extensive physical therapy.

A GoFundMe was created to help with his medical expenses can be found here.