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SAN FRANCISCO – An eight-month-old boy was seriously injured late Saturday afternoon in a fall from the observation deck at the top of Mount Diablo State Park in Contra Costa County. 

Park rangers said the infant was being carried on his father’s shoulders near the Summit Building at the top of Mount Diablo when he fell 25 feet from an observation deck at the park’s visitor center.  

One ranger and an off-duty Contra Costa County Fire captain were at the scene and administered first aid until the boy could be airlifted to the hospital by paramedics. 

Oakland Children’s Hospital officials said late Saturday evening that the boy was listed in critical but stable condition.