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The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year.
Sloan Mattingly, 7, died after she and her brother became trapped while digging a hole on a beach in Florida, according to authorities
The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a South Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the country.
Authorities say a young girl was buried in sand and died when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy collapsed on them both at a south Florida beach. A fire department official says emergency crews responding around 3 p.m. Tuesday to Lauderdale-by-the-Sea found the boy, who is about 8 years old, buried up his chest in sand. The girl, about 7 years old, was completely buried underneath the boy, according to the official. The hole was 5 or 6 feet deep when the collapse happened. Rescuers used support boards to keep more sand from collapsing in as they used shovels to dig the children out....
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