In February 2024, a 7-year-old girl died after an approximately 5-foot (1.5-meter) hole she and her brother dug in the sand collapsed in on her, burying her alive. As a coastal science researcher ...

North Carolina when the accident happened Authorities say he built two 6-foot-deep holes in the sand and was trying to connect the two when the sand collapsed Frasier was buried for 10-15 minutes ...

First responders across the Grand Strand are taking on a special training course focusing on rescuing people from sand hole ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - First responders from across the Grand Strand came together Wednesday morning to simulate their response to a sand hole collapse - a rare, but occasionally deadly incident.

An 11-year-old girl had to be rescued after she was buried under a collapsed sand dune. The child got trapped at Newborough beach on Anglesey on Wednesday afternoon after a hole and tunnel had ...

A 17-year-old boy died over the weekend after he became trapped inside a deep hole on a North Carolina beach when a dune collapsed, burying him under a mound of sand, officials said. The ...

“We need to be ready to perform a sand collapse and be an all-hazards fire department,” Mitchell said. “Once you get knee-deep in a hole, you don’t need to keep digging because there is a ...