A 3-year-old boy died and his mother hospitalized following a pit bull attack in Central Jersey.

Aziz Ahmed and his mother were in their fenced backyard on East Laurel Street in Avenel, when a pair of unregistered dogs that reportedly belonged to a neighbor behind them got into their yard and attacked them both, authorities said.

Ahmed's mother was critically hurt trying to save her son, and was airlifted to the hospital. The dogs have since been euthanized.

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