A girl died Tuesday after being buried alive on a Florida beach when a hole she and her brother were digging collapsed.
A 7-year-old girl from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea was playing on the beach with her 9-year-old brother when a hole 5 to 6 feet deep fell into them.Sandra King, Ompano Beach Fire Rescue spokesperson Said of south florida sun sentinel.
King said Fire and Rescue crews received an emergency call to respond to the 4400 block of El Mar Drive just after 3 p.m. The rescue team said it was unclear whether adults were helping the children dig.
Both brothers were in the hole when it collapsed, so the boy was buried up to his chest and the girl was completely buried under the hole.
video footage Footage recorded by a witness and provided to NBC Miami shows at least 10 people gathered around the hole and attempting to dig out, but it is unclear how long the children were trapped. is.
Fire and rescue teams pulled the girl out of the hole, but she had no pulse and was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, King said.
“We were performing life-saving measures to restore her pulse, but her pulse did not return and she was pronounced dead at the hospital,” she reported.
The boy was also taken to the hospital, but his condition is said to be stable.
King did not reveal the children’s exact ages or identities, but the town of Roderal-by-the-Sea said the victim was 7-year-old Sloane Mattingly, who was playing with her older brother, Maddox Mattingly. It was determined that there is.
“We are saddened to receive the news of the passing of 5-year-old Sloane Mattingly. Our hearts go out to the Mattingly family at this difficult time,” a spokesperson said. . press release. [Sloan’s age was initially reported as five, but later corrected to seven.]
“The circumstances of this incident are still under investigation.”
