BRISTOL BOROUGH, PA — A 12-year-old girl from Bristol was hospitalized after accidentally shooting herself, according to police.

Bristol Borough Police said Tuesday that officers responded to Lower Bucks Hospital, where they'd received a report of the girl with a gunshot wound to the hand. The incident happened on Lincoln Avenue, where police say the girl was handling a loaded handgun that she thought was unloaded.

She was transferred to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children for additional treatment, police said. Police continued to investigate Tuesday morning.