A boy was seriously injured and a seven-months pregnant woman was hurt when the boy fell from a cliff on Lion’s Head.
|||A boy was seriously injured and a seven-months pregnant woman was hurt when the boy fell from a cliff on Lion’s Head yesterday, hitting the woman as she walked on the path below.
Darren Francis, Emergency Medical Services spokesman, said the boy suffered a broken arm and a broken leg. Both he and the pregnant woman were airlifted off the mountain then transported to hospital.
The boy was apparently on an outing with his church when the incident took place yesterday afternoon. People said he was running when he slipped and fell down the side of a cliff, crashing through a barbed wire fence. He also suffered cuts and bruises before colliding with the pregnant woman.
A witness said the boy lay motionless for several minutes after the fall. “He didn’t look like he was breathing. We thought he was dead. Luckily he started moving and paramedics were quickly on the scene.”
The pregnant woman, who had apparently been out walking with work colleagues, suffered light injuries.