A 17-year-old girl was hospitalized after nearly drowning in Lake Whitney Monday.

Gisela Vizuedh was swimming in the lake near Loafer's Bend with her mother and other family members, said Larry Armstrong, a patrol lieutenant with the Hill County Sheriff's office. Her mother, Macrina Vizuedh, 40, slipped into a deeper section of water while attempting to swim to a sand bar in the lake. Gisela tried to save her mother, but also was pulled under by water currents.

Armstrong said boaters preparing to leave the sand bar heard the women hollering and pulled them out of the water.

Macrina Vizuedh was treated at Lake Whitney Medical Center. Gisela was airlifted to a local hospital. Armstrong said he did not know where the girl had been sent for treatment or her current condition.