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Child injured by swing chain at school playgroundCoal City WV

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Independence Rd, Coal City, WV

A 9-year-old boy at Cole City Elementary got a swing chain wrapped around his neck, causing swelling, visible bruising, and difficulty breathing. Emergency responders were called to assist.

Audio|Source: Raleigh County Police, Bradley Fire and WV State Police
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Call the Control Pager 6-81, 6-81, respond near Independence Rd at Cole City Elementary.
00:07
For a 9-year-old male that was on the swing, got the chain caught around his neck, he does have swelling and visible bruising, having difficulty breathing, repeat, respond near Independence Rd, Cole City Elementary at 1143.
00:24
Control 6-1-6-8-1.
00:27
8-6-8-1. Worker out.
00:31
Copy.
00:36
55 and 5.5 off duty, please.
00:39
Copy.
00:46
603. Signal 3, we're transforming patients RH.
00:51
Copy at 1143.
00:57
Is there any DNR units available?
01:05
Go ahead, this is D.R.
01:07
4.3. We have a report of a possible rabid raccoon.
01:12
It's going to be at (number withheld) Arid Lane and Volk.
01:16
It will be a White House with green shutters and a brick foundation.
01:20
They've had that's under their vehicle and it's acting out of the ordinary, possibly rabid.
01:29
Ten-four. Can you text that information to my cell phone?
01:36
Could you public service, EAC, and give me that information I'll send it to you? Yeah, ten-four.
01:47
Try, 139. One-three-nine.
01:53
One-three-nine, go ahead.
01:57
Just made me show me up.
02:05
Over to the playground, they're advising they just did his O2 side.
02:09
It went from 96 down to 84.
02:12
The top is having pain when he breathed, difficulty breathing, and on a scale of 1 to 10, he has breathing at 6 that occurred approximately 6 minutes ago.

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Independence Rd, Coal City, WV
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