A UPS driver who was mauled by four pit bulls while delivering packages says he was in a “fight for my life.”
Backlund was driving last year around delivering packages. As UPS drivers typically do when they pull near homes, he honked his horn before disembarking. He also rattled the fence before approaching the house on foot, and surveyed the scene for potential danger.
It wasn’t until he was 75 feet onto the property that the dogs appeared and began to attack and maul him.
He ran onto a flatbed trailer trying to escape, but still had a dog hanging on to him when rescue officials arrived.
Backlund is suing the dogs’ owner.
He announced the lawsuit after a hearing examiner ruled that the dogs are dangerous. The dog owners had claimed that the pit bulls were just protecting the property.
In a recorded phone call to the county, the owner said, “I feel bad for the guy, but you know the sad part about it, those dogs were doing their job. We have $3 million worth of equipment in that lot and those dogs were doing their job.”
The dogs have been in custody since the attack.