Mountain lion attack leaves young child needing treatment at local trauma center just 40 miles south of San Francisco.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:50 p.m. on the 1000 block of Tunitas Creek Road in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County -- which is located about 40 miles west of San Jose, California, and 40 miles south of San Francisco.Officials from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that they were “dispatched to a report of a mountain lion attack and we can confirm a child was transported to a local trauma center after the attack,” according to a statement posted on social media.
Authorities say the child was conscious when they were transported to the hospital but did not elaborate on their condition. Chad Conover, a neighbor of the family whose child was attacked by a mountain lion, speaks to ABC News' San Francisco station KGO after the attack just, 40 miles south of San Francisco, left a young child in an unknown condition at a local trauma center."Our coastal community has endured so much these past few weeks,” the sheriff's office said in a statement responding to the incident.
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