PILOT MOUNTAIN -- A 5-year-old North Carolina boy suffered severe injuries after he was mauled by several dogs.
The child was attacked by five Rottweilers as they were being fed Friday afternoon near Pilot Mountain.
The child's relatives told Emergency Medical Services Director John Shelton that he jumped into the pen.
The boy was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center with injuries to the head, neck and stomach. Officials said his injuries were critical.
The animals were taken to a shelter. Officials said there were several dozen dogs chained at the property where the attack occurred.
Teen dies after lightning strike
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH -- Authorities say a college student from Maryland has died after lightning struck near where he was swimming off the North Carolina coast.
University of North Carolina Wilmington officials say the body of 18-year-old freshman John Edward Sackett of Annapolis, Md., was recovered Friday afternoon from the ocean near Wrightsville Beach.
Thunderstorms moved across eastern North Carolina on Friday, and authorities say a woman and a toddler were struck by lightning in a Fayetteville parking lot.
