CLAYTON — A 7-year-old kid passed helicopter to a Walnut Creek health center on Wednesday, after he was bitten by a snake, according to fire authorities.
Officials did not have an update on the boy’s condition Thursday early morning.
Contra Costa Fire Protection District systems and the California Highway Patrol were contacted us to the Bruce Lee Trail about 4 p.m., authorities said. They might not verify that it was a rattlesnake that bit the kid.
“There was definitely a snake bite, and all the symptoms were such that it could’ve been one,” fire representative Steve Hill said. “We didn’t see the snake.”
According to Hill, fire teams were dispatched for a “limited access rescue,” which Hill said normally implies someone requires help on a path. As fire teams showed up, they discovered the kid and the mom in the car park and the CHP landing a helicopter.
“The mother carried the kid to the parking lot,” Hill said. “Our guys and the CHP were treating the youth on the scene. After about four minutes, they immediately (airlifted) the child, because symptoms similar to those [from a rattlesnake bite] were being reported.”
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