Mountain Lion Attacks 4-Year-Old During Family Walk in Olympic National Park, Washington

A 4-year-old was hospitalized after being attacked by a mountain lion at a popular national park in Washington.

A collared animal bit a child who was walking with their family near Victoria Overlook on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park on Sunday afternoon, as reported in a news release from the National Park Service.

Park rangers were alerted to the attack shortly after 3 p.m., and paramedics and park staff responded. 

Anyone who witnessed the incident should contact the National Park Service, the spokesperson added.

Spruce Trail in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park in Washington state June 23, 2022. (Thomas O’Neill/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

In a similar incident last summer, a 5-year-old boy was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries following a mountain lion attack in Southern California. The mountain lion was eventually euthanized by California state rangers.

Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue, which also responded to the incident in Washington, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.