Young girl dies after sand hole she was digging with little boy collapses on Florida beach as rescuers try to save them, distressing video shows

“We were conducting life-saving techniques to try to bring her pulse back, and it never…

New York Post

By Richard Pollina

Distressing footage captured desperate beachgoers using their hands to rescue a young girl who was trapped in a sand hole on a Florida beach before she died on Tuesday.

The girl, believed to be around 5 to 7 years old, had dug a 5- to 6-foot-deep hole at a beach at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea in Fort Lauderdale at around 3 p.m. Tuesday, when it caved in on her and a 7-year-old boy, NBC Miami reported.

The weight of the sand completely buried the girl, while the boy was buried up to his chest.

Video obtained by CBS Miami showed first responders and good Samaritans digging sand out from the hole as they tried to rescue the trapped girl.

Firefighters were seen using shovels and boards to clear the sand away from the hole as they tried to reach the girl during the time-sensitive rescue.

King shared that the girl had stopped breathing by the time rescuers reached her.

Paramedics attempted to revive her while they rushed her and the boy to Broward Health Medical Center.

The girl was pronounced dead upon arrival, King confirmed to the outlet.

“We were conducting life-saving techniques to try to bring her pulse back, and it never did recover, and she was pronounced dead at the hospital,” King said.

The boy was listed as being in stable condition.