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The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 5-year-old Indiana girl on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is an

Sloan Mattingly died Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea’s beach when a 4-to-5-foot-deep (1-to-1.5-meter) hole collapsed on her and her 7-year-old brother, Maddox. The boy was buried up to his chest, but the girl was fully covered.

The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 5-year-old Indiana girl on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the

News reports and a study show that three to five children die annually in sand hole collapses.

The girl was buried under the sand when the walls collapsed in the pit she was digging with another child. That boy was hospitalized for his injuries.

Five-year-old Sloan Mattingly of Indiana was buried in a rare but deadly event unknown to many Americans

Sloan Mattingly died Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea's beach when a 4-to-5-foot-deep hole collapsed on her and her 9-year-old brother, Maddox.

A Fort Wayne girl died in Florida after a sand hole she and her brother were digging collapsed, authorities said.

Indiana family on vacation suffers devastating loss after girl dies and boy taken to hospital