A 17-year-old girl who was critically injured in a vicious dog attack last week has died in hospital in NSW’s Hunter region.

Annalyse Blyton was studying at a friend’s house in Singleton on Thursday morning when she was attacked by a dog. She suffered serious injuries to her head, neck and body.

Witnessing the attack, passersby stepped in to help Annalyse, fighting to get the dog off her. They then provided basic first aid, stemming the bleeding and covering wounds before emergency services arrived.

The 10-year-old mixed-breed dog lived at the home on Broughton Street. Police used a firearm to euthanise the boxer-bull Arab-Irish wolfhound cross on site with the consent of its owners.

Annalyse was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition, where she remained until Monday

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