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Snowdon rescue as boy falls 100ft Boy badly hurt after 100ft fall
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A rescue operation has been mounted on Snowdon after a boy of 11 fell while walking with a family party. An 11-year-old boy who fell 100ft (30.5m) while walking with a family party on Snowdon, has been found alive but badly injured.
He has plunged into cloud close to the summit of Crib y Ddysgl, a ridge about 3,000ft (914m) up the mountain. The boy suffered serious head injuries in the fall and at 1445 BST rescue teams were waiting to airlift him to hospital, said North Wales Police.
An RAF rescue helicopter based at Valley in Anglesey has been launched and eight members of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team are at the scene. He plunged into cloud close to the summit of Crib y Ddysgl, a ridge about 3,000ft (914m) up the mountain.
According to Ian Henderson from the mountain rescue team, the boy has fallen at least 100ft (30.5m). One of the adults in the walking party is the boy's father.
It is thought low cloud is preventing the helicopter from helping the ground-based rescuers. Eight members of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team are at the scene.
The alarm was raised at about 1255 GMT. An RAF helicopter based at Valley in Anglesey was launched when the alarm was raised but it was thought low cloud was preventing the helicopter helping ground-based rescuers.
The alarm had been raised at about 1255 BST.