9 year old child pulled from water at Rock Creek State Park

UPDATE:  Jasper County officials say a 9 year old child was found underwater at Rock Creek State Park Sunday afternoon and was rushed to a Des Moines Hospital.  

The sheriff's office says they were called around 1:26pm saying an 9 year old was believed to be in the water near the Rock Creek beach area.  

About a half hour later the child was located and flown to a Des Moines hospital.

It's the second young child found in the water this weekend.  A two year old girl was pulled from the lake at Big Creek State State Park Saturday.  

The girl had been pulled from the water about 8:45pm Saturday night.  The girl was airlifted to a local hospital.  

No information on the child's condition has been released.  

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the child was with her family at the time.  Name of the child wasn't released.

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