Teens climb cliffs near Bible camp, then one falls hundreds of feet, WA cops say
A teen fell hundreds of feet after climbing cliffs with two other boys near a Bible camp in Washington, police said.
The boys called 911 on June 21 from a mountainside west of Riverview Bible Camp, near Cusick, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Police said in a Facebook post.
They were about a mile from the camp when one teen fell hundreds of feet, police said in the June 23 post.
The other two boys climbed down the cliff and found him unconscious and bleeding, police said.
Authorities said they couldn't get an exact location, but they rushed to find the injured teen.
'The teens were wet, cold, and worried their friend would not make it if no one could find them soon,' police said.
Officers and medical responders hiked the area for about an hour before finding the boys, police said.
The injured boy appeared to have severe head trauma and a broken arm, police said.
Police said he was 'extremely cold and experiencing early stages of shock and hypothermia.'
An officer had to contact the U.S. Air Force because of the remote and steep area that a local medevac helicopter could not reach, police said.
He was hoisted by the Air Force and taken by helicopter to an ambulance at the bottom of the mountain, police said.
The boy's father said he had 'multiple fractures and broken bones.'
Cusick is about a 55-mile drive north from Spokane.
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