A Florida boy was was rushed to a hospital Friday afternoon after being attacked with a machete during a confrontation with another juvenile, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.

The boy's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, sheriff's spokesman Teri Barbera said.

Deputies are still searching for the other juvenile.

The injured boy was attacked after getting into a fight with another person just after 3:15 p.m. near the intersection of North A Street and Second Avenue North, according to deputies.

He suffered a machete injury to his arm, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.

No additional information on the attack was immediately available.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

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