FORT LAUDERDALE, FL : Girl killed after sand hole collapses on her at Florida beach on Tuesday, 20th February 2024

A young girl has died, and her brother remains hospitalized after a wall of sand collapsed on top of them at a Florida beach as the two children were digging a hole, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

The incident happened Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-By-The-Sea in southeast Florida, which sits between Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale and is north of Miami.

Shortly after 3 p.m., 911 dispatchers in Broward County received emergency calls reporting two children were trapped in the sand at the beach near one of the resorts. Officials pulled both siblings – a 9-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl – out of the sand.

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