Child hit, critically hurt by rock at Snohomish County climbing spot
Child hit, critically hurt by rock at Snohomish County climbing spot By AP News Staff Harborview Medical Center INDEX, Wash. - A 6-year-old boy was hit by a rock at a popular climbing spot northeast of Seattle and is in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center, authorities said. The Daily Herald reports just after 5 p.m. Sunday a climber at a lower part of the Index Town Wall, just north of the Skykomish River, kicked a rock loose, according to Snohomish County Fire District 26 Chief Eric Andrew. The rock fell and hit the boy below. He was flown by helicopter to Harborview in Seattle,...