EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A two-year-old boy was flown to the hospital after a water rescue at an East El Paso home on Thursday afternoon.

Information is limited at the moment, but the El Paso Fire Department is reporting that at around 12:44 p.m., one person was rushed to the hospital via a helicopter from a home on the 11500 block of Spencer Drive.

The El Paso Police Department called the emergency a “water rescue” and revealed that it was about a two-year-old boy.

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KFOX14/CBS4 is working to learn more about what happened.

Video shared to the popular social media account therealfitfamelpaso showed the scene as the helicopter picked up the injured person.

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One airlifted to hospital after a water rescue at an East El Paso home. Credit: FitFam

This is a developing story; check back for updates.

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