ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — Albany police are investigating after an infant was hospitalized with three skull fractures earlier this week, according to a police report.

The infant was taken to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Monday night (Sept. 7). Hospital staff told responding officers the baby’s injuries were severe enough that she needed to be flown to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

The hospital’s charge nurse reportedly told police they had already contacted the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services about the case.

According to the report, the infant had been in the care of a relative for the night so the baby’s parents could have time without the child.

That relative told police she let a pit bull out of the home where the family lives, and the dog knocked her to the ground while she was holding the baby. She said the infant’s head hit the porch as she fell.

The infant’s mother gave police a different story though, saying she was told the baby had been in her bassinet in the kitchen and “somehow” fell out.

The case has been forwarded to investigators.

WALB has reached to Albany police for more information.

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