\u0027We urge visitors not to dig deep holes on the beach due to the danger they present to beachgoers and emergency response staff\u0027
Mike Barber, a park service spokesman, told The Associated Press Monday that the incident remained under investigation and that no new information was available.Collapsing sand holes have claimed dozens of lives over the decades. The weight of the sand makes it difficult for people to breathe, while the sand can enter people’s lungs. The brain and other organs are often deprived of oxygen.
In May 2022, a 13-year-old Utah boy died after a sand dune he was digging a tunnel into collapsed and buried him at southern Utah’s Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.Article content In 2014, a Fredericksburg, Virginia, man died at Salvo, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, when sand collapsed on top of him after authorities said he was tunneling between two holes.
They counted another 21 incidents in which a person was rescued from a collapse, in several cases by bystanders who performed CPR.Article content
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