A Park City teen is credited with saving the life of a child who nearly drowned Sunday afternoon in the Chisholm Creek Floodway in McLean Park.

Geoffrey Lopez, who lives near the park, says he was watching the water around 2 p.m. when he saw a young boy who needed help.

"He held on to a branch and I yelled at the lady to call 911, call 911," Lopez said.

Lopez says he was able to reach the boy from a branch nearby. When the boy reached for his hand, he pulled him to safety. He says his first instinct was to find anyway he could to save the boy from the water, even if that mean't risking his own life.

"Either way if I would have got into it, I would have helped him out," Lopez said. "I would have got him to shore and then figured my own situation out."

The boy had been on his bicycle in the middle of the bridge when the current knocked him off and into the water.

Officer Luke Tibbits with the Park City Police Department says no matter what the water looks like, it's best you don't try to go through it.

"Where it says stop, stop. Where it says turn around, turn around. Don't try to go through any water that is covering roadways," Tibbits said.

Tibbits says that advise isn't just for people in cars. He says if Lopez wasn't at the park when the boy fell off of his bike, the situation could have been different.

"It definitely could have been worse. The child was lucky the other child witnessed it and pulled him to safety," Tibbits said.

Lopez says he doesn't consider himself to be a hero, but says he was trying to do the right thing. He says he lost a sibling and didn't want that to happen to anyone else.

"He was a little kid. Imagine losing a little kid and his mom came and she was crying and that reminded me so I was like thank god I helped him out," Lopez said.