The family of 10-year-old Scarlett Roth said she is lucky to be alive after she was attacked by the dogs near her home in Rushing Parker Hill, Whiteville Township.

The girl was left with dozens of bite marks after she was set upon while walking on the dirt road. She said she tried to warn the neighbors that the dogs, which were reportedly behaving aggressively and running loose, were running towards her.

The attack occurred as Roth and her two older sisters were walking to their way to the school bus, which picks them up near their home.

“They jumped on me, I landed face forward and they started attacking me,” Roth told KARK. “My mama was trying to get to me, my sister was trying to get to me.

“I was saying ‘ow ow, help me, help me, help me,’” she added. “They were shaking me.”

The 10-year-old was airlifted to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock to receive treatment for her injuries.

“There were at least five or six at a time on top of her, just biting her,” her mother, Angel Avants, added. “She’s 10-years-old, they could have killed her…She’s very lucky, very, very, lucky.”

Avants has since set up a Facebook fundraising page to help raise money for Roth’s medical care

“Need some help with gas to get my child back and forth to the doctor and some of the medicines and medical items she needs at the moment,” Avants wrote. “She was attacked by the neighbors’ pack of dogs but is doing better.”

The Arkansas Department of Health later tested one of the dogs that attacked the 10-year-old for rabies, but it came back negative.

KATA reports that the dogs were later seen kept behind a fence at the neighbor’s home. The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office said no charges have been filed in relation to the attack.

The department did not return a request from Newsweek for further comment.

Under Arkansas state law, all dogs and cats must be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian by four months of age.

“One shot is not enough; rabies vaccinations must be kept current so talk with your veterinarian about when your pet needs its rabies booster shots,” the Arkansas Department of Health state on their website.

Rabies lives and circulates in wild skunks and bats in Arkansas and can be passed on to any mammal.