A California teen is facing a long and painful road to recovery after being viciously mauled by a pack of dogs while out for a morning jog. The attack, described as “brutal,” left her unrecognizable to her own mother and in need of more than 500 stitches.

17-year-old Tracy Hurtado was running near her home in Newberry Springs around 6:30 to 7:00 am on July 17 when she was surrounded and attacked by more than ten dogs, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBCSD).

The dogs, reportedly owned by a 61-year-old local man named Craig Arthur Simmons, left her with devastating injuries.

“The bites caused large lacerations, abrasions and removed flesh,” the sheriff’s department confirmed.

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