Deputies with the Barton County Sheriff's Office arrived at the intersection of C and I-49 and met with the vehicle transporting the young man.
Deputies assisted with First Aid on the child until Barton County ambulance medics arrived on scene to transport the child to the hospital. The Sheriff's Office conducted an investigation of the incident and found that the incident to be an accident.
The child was trying to get a ball off of a tin roof, lost his balance and as he fell cut his arm on the metal roof. At this time no criminal charges for the incident are being are filed.
