MELBOURNE, Fl. — A 2-year-old girl who stumbled into a rhinoceros exhibit at Melbourne's Brevard Zoo has been released from the hospital.
A representative from Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children confirmed that the patient was released Monday after falling into the exhibit on New Year's Day.
According to the zoo, the girl "stumbled: through steel poles separating the public space from the animals.
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The girl was immediately transported to the hospital under trauma alert status, according to firefighters. the girl's mother was also transported for a minor arm injury,
The exhibit remains closed to the public.
The family has yet to release a statement on the incident.
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