A five-year-old Metchosin boy has died in hospital after suffering severe head injuries from falling 10 feet off a bridge at Gordon Bay Provincial Park earlier this summer.

Lake Cowichan RCMP Sgt. Dave Voller called the August incident B次元官网网址渆xtremely unfortunateB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址渦nforeseen,B次元官网网址� noting RCMP have ruled out foul play and handed the case over to the B.C. Coroners Service.

The boy was airlifted Aug. 17 to Vancouver hospital from the government park, near Honeymoon Bay. The boy died in hospital on Sept. 19.

Police investigation revealed the boy had been walking with his father and three-year-old sister over the bridge when he fell off of the side and struck his head.

The Vancouver Police DepartmentB次元官网网址檚 special investigation section interviewed the mother at the hospital as requested by the RCMP.

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--Cowichan B次元官网网址 Leader