Maui firefighters helped a boy up a steep bank after the river carried him

A 10-year-old boy from Maui was carried about 200 yards by fast water in the Wailuku River at Iao in Wailuku on Sunday, Maui Now reported from fire officials. The call came in around 12:21 p.m. on Nov. 8.

When firefighters reached the river, the boy was already on the bank, and bystanders were helping him. Crews helped the boy and the people with him up the steep stream bank. He had no visible injuries. Emergency medical crews checked him.

The response ended at 12:57 p.m. Maui Now listed Engine 1, Engine 10, Hazmat 10, Rescue 10, and a battalion chief among the units that went. The report says he entered the fast water and does not describe what he was doing just before.