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'We urge visitors not to dig deep holes on the beach due to the danger they present to beachgoers and emergency response staff'

The 17-year-old male died Saturday afternoon in the small resort town of Frisco, which sits along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks, the National Park Service said in a statement.

Authorities in coastal North Carolina are investigating the death of a teenager who became trapped in a hole that was dug in the sand, the latest fatality from the scourge of sand holes that continues to claim young people's lives.

Virginia Teen Dies in Sand Hole Collapse in OBX

The 17-year-old male died Saturday afternoon in the small resort town of Frisco, which sits along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks, the National Park Service said in a statement. Park rangers responded to a 911 call regarding a teenager trapped in a hole that was dug in a back-dune area behind the beach's primary dune along the Atlantic Ocean, the park service said. The teenager was buried under several feet of sand after an adjacent dune apparently collapsed into the hole.