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The Associated Press
Article Launched: 06/29/2008 06:53:20 AM PDT
MercuryNews.com
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.—A 12-year-old boy from Pennsylvania was hospitalized after he was flipped into the air by a bull bison at Yellowstone National Park.
Park officials say witnesses reported that the boy was posing last week with members of his family within 1-2 feet of the mature bull bison. The bison flipped the boy about 10 feet in the air.
The incident occurred on a trail near the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Although the boy's visible injuries were limited to abrasions, he complained of abdominal pain. He was flown to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
Authorities are not releasing the boy's name or hometown.
Park rules require visitors to remain at least 100 yards from bears or wolves, and at least 25 yards from all other.