By ABC News
A 2-year-old was struck in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at a Utah day care, authorities said.
The incident occurred Monday at a daycare in Spanish Fork while several children were playing outside in a vinyl-fenced-in area of the facility, according to police.
While playing, one child “appeared to stumble and was seen bleeding from the face,” Spanish Fork Police Lt. Cory Slaymaker said in a statement Tuesday.
The daycare notified the parents, who took the child to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.
Doctors discovered through scans a “small caliber bullet” lodged in the toddler’s head, Slaymaker said.
The child was transferred to a local children’s hospital for treatment and is currently in stable condition, police said.
It is unclear where the gun was fired from and why.
The incident appears to be a “tragic accident” and remains under investigation, Slaymaker said.
“Open fields are directly west of the daycare and it is believed the round may have come from that area,” Slaymaker said.
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