Postman attacked by the dog while Royal Mail cancels deliveries on one side of the road

Deliveries were suspended on a part of the road

The Royal Mail deliveries were suspended in houses in a cul-de-Sac after a postman was attacked by a dog. Royal Mail confirmed that it stopped the Emmail delivery in a small area of ​​Burnley Road in Ainsdale, Southportafter registering two incidents involving a dog.

The delivery service as well as Merseyside policeHe confirmed that a man was attacked on June 1 last year, while he delivered post to an address on the residential road. While he was at the address, he was bitten by the dog, which led to him to go to the hospital. The Merseyside police confirmed the officers investigated the attack on the man in the 1960s, but there was no “sufficient evidence to progress the investigation.”

Post deliveries continued to address up to a second incident at Mail Royal Involving a postwomanian and the same dog, which Echo understands is a border collie. A company spokesman said that the unprecedented dog tried to attack the postal worker, but was prevented due to the neighbors’ help.

A Mail Royal The spokesman said: “Delivery to Burnley Road remain suspended due to the fact that a dog was not restricted, who tried to attack the post. The incident is isolated in a small part of Burnley Road. Other properties on the road are not affected.

“The Southport Delivery Office team works with the authorities to solve the problem. Deliveries will not be resumed until we are sure that our colleagues will be safe while carrying out their work.

“Anyone cannot arrive at the office to collect will be given alternative arrangements until we can safely resume deliveries.”