OCEAN SHORES — A 10-year old boy was nearly swept out to sea at the North Jetty in Ocean Shores on Saturday, but was rescued by bystanders, police said.

At about 6 p.m. on Saturday, the Ocean Shores police and fire departments responded to a surf rescue call that a small boy was caught in a rip current and was being pulled out along the North Jetty.

Two bystanders saw the boy was in trouble and swam out to him, police said. They pulled him up to the rocks and helped him out of the water. All three had scrapes and bruises from being battered against the rocks, and the young victim said he had swallowed some water.

The three were helped off the jetty, and all were checked by paramedics and released at the scene.