Life Flight responded early Monday morning to a ranch in Liberty County, where investigators said they got reports that a mother tried to drown her three children.

It happened at a property on the 9100 block of FM 1008, about eight miles north of Dayton, at a site identified as Rancho Monte Carmelo.

According to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, the father called 911 and told investigators he heard screaming, went outside to a small lake, and was able to rescue the children from the water.

Authorities also noted that bottles of a different medication were found on the ground near the scene.

"I would describe it as bizarre and breathtaking seeing everything that we've been faced with today," Liberty County Sheriff's Office Captain David Meyers said.

Dispatch audio captured the urgen

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