SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Alberto Ramos suffered injuries that required dozens of stitches after a State Police dog attacked him during a chase on Sunday.
The canine mistook Ramos for a suspect that Springfield and State Police were chasing
"I see this dog come after me and I am not going to move, and he just locked onto to me and threw me around," Ramos said.
State Police say that accidents like this are very rare.
"The canines and canine handlers are highly trained," Sgt. Alan Joubert, Massachusetts State Police officer, said. "On the Massachusetts State Police it is a rare occurrence, but animals are somewhat unpredictable, and the chaos and the excitement of what happens at the end of a pursuit, the dog maybe confused at times of who the actual person is at the scene."
Ramos says that he has retained an attorney and plans to sue both Springfield and State Police.
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