For an average 6-year-old, that means only digging a hole about 12 inches. The Ocean City Beach Patrol stresses everyone fill in their sand holes before leaving the beach.

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Digging a sand hole at the beach can be fun, but it can turn deadly when those sand holes suddenly collapse. Victims may suffocate. The sand can trap them.

During your next trip to the beach, make sure to keep an eye out for sand holes and fill all holes as soon as possible. Even a shallow hole can injure someone who stumbles into it. Stephen P.

A 16-year-old girl was rescued after a hole she was digging in the sand collapsed on her and buried her up to her neck, according to authorities.

An expert says that a lifeguard on duty may have prevented the tragic death of a 7-year-old girl who died on a Florida beach Tuesday when a sand hole collapsed on her and her brother.

Sand is unstable When either the sand forming the hole dries out or someone stands near the edge of the hole, adding extra weight, the sand hole collapses in, and the heavy grains fill all open ...

Digging a sand hole at the beach can be fun, but it can turn deadly when those sand holes suddenly collapse. Victims may suffocate. The sand can trap them.

A 16-year-old girl was rescued after a hole she was digging in the sand collapsed on her and buried her up to her neck, according to authorities. The teenager, who was not identified, was digging ...