A two-year-old boy is expected to survive and fully recover after he nearly drowned at Lake Maloney on Saturday afternoon.

According to Sheriff Jerome Kramer, at around 4:50 p.m., on August 2, deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s officer received at report that a two-year-old boy had drowned at the Kansas Point Recreation Area at the Lake Maloney Inlet.

Deputies responded and found that the boy had been revived by a nurse in the area.  The boy was transported to Great Plains Health, where he stayed overnight for observation.

Deputies spoke to the boy’s father, 29-year-old Justin Blankenship, of North Platte, who said that he and another individual were setting up camp when the boy slipped out of his sight.

Blankenship said they immediately started looking for the boy and found him in the water.

Blankenship said the boy was lifeless when he pulled him out of the water and began CPR, with the assistance of a registered nurse.

Kramer said the boy was quickly resuscitated.

After completing an investigation, deputies determined that the incident was “accidental in nature,” and no charges were filed.

Medical staff advised that the boy would be fine and would suffer no long-term effects from the incident.