An 8-year-old San Rafael girl is "doing great" after being hit in the thigh with an arrow while sliding off a play structure during a field trip at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley.
The girl, a third-grader at Mary E. Silveira School in Marinwood, was in good shape and "super spirits" following treatment after the bizarre incident at 10:10 a.m. Tuesday. She remained at Children's Hospital in Oakland overnight after surgeons removed the 2-foot-long, crossbow-style arrow."She's doing great," said the girl's mother, Alicia Hairston, adding she had no qualms about her daughter, Nadine, going on the school field trip because "she was in safe hands."
"I was scared when I got the call but when I got there" to the hospital "I saw she was OK," Hairston said.
Authorities speculated a wayward arrow might have come from a turkey or other small-game hunter in the hills above the area, or from a reckless backyard hobbyist.
"She was held overnight," said Bruce Abbott, vice president of the Dixie School District board. "She will be fine."
Abbott said school officials sent parents a letter outlining the situation. "It was a random act," he said of the incident. "We're not going to stop going on field trips."
No comments:
Post a Comment