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Area residents pulled one boy from fast-moving water and another was swept nearly two blocks before escaping near Ballard Pool on Thursday evening.

Both boys were uninjured, according to Lincoln Police.

The two boys apparently fell into the stormwater creek in northeast Lincoln, where water flowed rapidly to the north following afternoon thundershowers.

Authorities were first called to the culvert just north of Ballard Pool, near 66th and Kearney streets.

Four boys were playing in ankle-high water, but the water quickly rose to their waist lines, Lincoln Police Capt. Mayde McGuire said.

They lost balance, fell into the creek and were swept away by the current, McGuire said.

Three of them were able to get out of the water after being carried a short distance, she said.

The current carried the fourth boy about two blocks before he made it out of the water on his own, McGuire said.

Separately, two neighbors pulled a boy that got swept away by the current near 68th and Adams streets, McGuire said.

They got ahead of the current and down to the water to pull that boy out near 68th and Fremont.