By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 30, 2017

MONETA, Va. (AP) - A child has been rescued from a lake in Virginia.

Local news outlets report the 3-year-old girl is in stable condition at a local hospital. She was pulled from Smith Mountain Lake after falling off a dock Monday afternoon.

The Moneta Volunteer Rescue Squad’s Facebook page says emergency units responded around 5 p.m. to the possible drowning at the Snug Harbor boat ramp. She had not been wearing a life jacket, but was awake and alert when rescued.



No other information about the incident was immediately available.

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