Overview
- Emergency services responded just after 4pm Thursday to a Murphy Crescent home in Whyalla Stuart on the Eyre Peninsula.
- The 39-year-old resident suffered severe injuries and died at the scene despite treatment.
- Authorities seized the dog at the property and Whyalla Council later confirmed it was put down.
- Neighbours told media they had made repeated complaints to council about dogs at the address prior to the incident.
- 7NEWS reported the animal was a pitbull mastiff cross and that the victim's partner tried to intervene, details not confirmed by police.