WESLACO, Texas (AP) — A pit bull fatally mauled a 5-year-old boy staying at a southern Texas home with relatives, authorities said.

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The boy was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday. Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Rosa Trevino said the condition of the child's body suggested there was no way emergency responders could have saved his life.

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