Teen buried alive and killed as sand collapses in beach horror tragedy
A teenager has died on a beach in Italy after a hole he was in collapsed and buried him alive.
The tragic incident claimed the life of the youngest named Riccardo, who was on holiday at the beach on Montalto di Castro on Italy with his family.
He had dug the one and a half metre deep hole as he played with his two youngest siblings, aged three and eight, while their dad took a nap.
The two younger siblings left Riccardo to his digging, but an urgent man hunt was launched for the boy when his family realised he was missing.
The dad, swimmers and lifeguards all began digging with their hands while they waited for emergency services to arrive, reports the Mirror.
Police and an air ambulance were called to help pull the boy from the sand but the 17 year old was pronounced dead at the scene.
An eyewitness who had been swimming at the coast told the local news: "He had built a tunnel. He wanted to enter from one side and exit from the other.
"But as he passed through, when he reached the centre, everything collapsed and the hole was completely covered.
"You couldn't see anything anymore, you could have walked right through it and not noticed a thing."
The local mayor Emanuela Socciarelli told reporters: "A tragedy that has left us all shocked. It's unthinkable that a young man could lose his life in this way.
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