MINERAL WELLS – A young boy fell off a bridge at Woodridge Plantation early Wednesday evening causing serious injuries.

The call came over the emergency radio system around 5 p.m. of a 9- to 10-year-old boy who fell 16-feet off of a bridge to the rocks below, dispatchers said.

The boy was breathing, but severely injured.

Crews called for a helicopter but it could not launch due to weather conditions, radio traffic indicated.

As of 5:30 p.m. the child was in an ambulance and headed to WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, a 911 supervisor said. Further details regarding the incident or the child’s condition were unavailable at deadline.