A six-year-old boy is a bit banged up but otherwise OK after falling roughly 40 feet down an embankment while hiking one of the North Shores most popular trails.
District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services rushed to the Baden Powell Trail just after 1 p.m. Monday when the boys family called 9-1-1. Having some difficulty pinpointing the boys exact location, firefighters rushed to the area from the Grouse Grind trailhead and from above on Skyline Drive. The Skyline Drive crew found the boy and his family at the nexus of the BCMC and Baden Powell trails about 10 minutes later.
He did take quite a tumble. The reports of 40 feet are probably not unreasonable, said Jason De Roy, spokesman for district firefighters . Our crews got him packaged up, and stabilized and took him out to the ambulance, which was waiting at the top of Skyline Drive.
Despite the steep fall, the boy appeared to be in good condition.
Hes got a pretty good cut on his head and a sore back and some road rash on his back but other than that, he was doing pretty good, De Roy said. He was obviously a bit sore but in good spirits. The crews gave him what we call a trauma pup a (stuffed) puppy for being such a brave little boy.
That area of the trail has several steep sections in it, De Roy said. He said they dont know how the boy fell.
