EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person was taken to a hospital after nearly drowning Monday morning, July 13, according to the El Paso Fire Department.

At around 10:30 a.m., officers with the El Paso Police Department responded to a welfare check at 1925 Preview Place in East El Paso.

An EPPD official confirmed that the person taken to the hospital was a child.

Details are limited at this time.

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