Hospital releases autistic Va. boy who spent 5 days in woods

(CBS/AP) RICHMOND, Va. - The 8-year-old autistic boy who spent five days alone in the woods has been released from a Virginia hospital.

Media outlets report that Robert Wood Jr. was released from VCU Medical Center in Richmond over the weekend. The Caroline County boy sustained a small hole in his esophagus and other lesser injuries.

The child wandered away from his father and others Oct. 23 while on a walk at North Anna Battlefield Park in Hanover County.

One of the thousands of volunteers who searched for the boy found him at a nearby rock quarry on Oct. 28.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children says the search for Wood ranks among the most intense on record. More than 3,400 people participated in the search.