Wearing a helmet while soaring down a ski hill is being credited for saving a young boy's life.
When six-year-old Isaiah Waldner of Prince George came barreling down the Hart Highlands ski hill Feb. 6 on a snowboard, he smacked head first into a pole with such impact it caused his helmet to crack and split.
Isaiah's father Richard, who was with Isaiah, said the pole - about three feet high - was located on the side of the hill where it is used as an anchor for the net barricade.
Those rushing over to Isaiah found him on his knees hanging on to the pole and screaming.
"His face was cut up quite badly, and the hit to his head caused him to throw up and give him a migraine headache," his mother Brianna told The Citizen.
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