A 5-year-old girl has died and his brother, 7, was hospitalized, after an accident in which they were trapped under the sand of a beach in Broward County (USA), south of Florida. The witnesses said so They saw them playing and digging the wellwhich ended up collapsing and leaving them prisoners.
The authorities rescued them and they were rushed to hospital, but doctors could do nothing to save the girl’s life. Even in a video recorded by a witness it can be seen several desperate swimmers shovel sand from the hole with their hands while trying to save their lives.
The incident occurred this Tuesday afternoon on the beach in Lauderdale-by-the-Seain southeast Florida, when the brothers apparently made a hole in the sand and became trapped.
The 5-year-old girl died and her 7-year-old brother remained hospitalized in critical condition, said the Broward Police Department, which as of Wednesday had not released the identities of the minors.
Police officers from the aforementioned county and doctors went to the scene of the event after 3.16pm local time (5.16pm Argentina time), where – according to the images collected by the helicopter – a crowd of people could be seen next to the hole in a cordoned off area.
The witnesses said so NBC Miami that the brothers while playing made a hole and it gave way and they fell in. According to Sandra King, spokeswoman for the Pompano Beach Fire Department, The hole in the sand was between 1.5 and 1.8 meters deep.
Rescuers used support boards to keep the sand from sinking further while they used shovels to pull the children out, King said. When she was asked how long they had been buried, she could not provide details.
Source: Clarin
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