A 4-year-old boy survived an 8-foot fall from the Schoolhouse chairlift at Diamond Peak in Incline on Dec. 27.

Steve Eikam, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District battalion chief, told Lake Tahoe News his department first called for a helicopter, but canceled that when it was determined the injury was minor. An ambulance transported the boy to Incline Village Community Hospital so X-rays could be taken.

Neither the name of the youth nor his hometown was released.

This is the second time this month a child has fallen from a Lake Tahoe area chairlift. John Hendersn, 7, of Davis died from the injuries he stained after falling 60 feet from a Sugar Bowl chairlift.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report