Two teenagers died this week after separate accidents during which they had been buried in sand caves they had been digging.
• At Utah’s Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park on Saturday, Ian Spendlove, 13, of Santa Clara, Utah, was buried by about 6½ toes of sand when a tunnel he was digging collapsed, park officers stated.
His household alerted rangers, who dug him out and had been capable of finding a pulse. He was taken to a hospital in St. George however by no means regained mind exercise, and he died on Sunday.
• At a seaside in Toms River, N.J., Levy Caverley, 18, of Maine, died Tuesday after sand fell in on a big gap he was digging together with his sister. The lady, 17, was additionally trapped however was rescued and handled on the scene.
The 2 had been spending the day with their household close to Chadwick Seaside, on the ocean facet of a barrier island. The opening, which they dug utilizing Frisbees, was reportedly about 10 toes deep.
In 2008, a comparable accident occurred at Santa Cruz’s Pure Bridges State Park. Three Santa Cruz boys, ages 9, 10 and 11, had been trapped when a 6-foot-deep cave that had been dug into the sandy bluff collapsed on them. The 11-year-old, Alfred Seales, died.