JASPER COUNTY, Texas — A Jasper County deputy saved a woman's life as she was being attacked by a dog.
Around 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, an on-duty Jasper County deputy was at a home in the Curtis Community in Jasper, when he heard someone screaming, according to a Jasper County Sheriff's Office news release.
Deputy Daniel Coons ran towards the shouting and found a woman on the ground near the 300 block of County Road 110A. She was being attacked by two dogs.
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The deputy took out his gun and shot one of the dogs, the other dog charged at him and he shot that dog as well.
Both dogs died at the scene, according to the release.
Coons then administered life saving actions to the woman, applying a tourniquet to her right arm, and bandaging to her leg. The woman, a local postal worker, was taken by ambulance to Jasper Memorial Hospital and then life flighted to a Houston hospital, the release states.
She had severe damage to her arm and leg, but there is no update on her condition at this time.
“I am proud of Deputy Daniel Coons for acting quickly and tactfully to save this woman’s life. I hate to think what the outcome would’ve been had he not been in the right place at the right time. Ours prayers are with her as she recovers," said Sheriff Mitchel Newman.