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  • Beach Hole Collapses, California Man Dies From Being Trapped In The Sand

    Adam Jay Pye, 26, died on Monday night at Francis Beach in Half Moon Bay after he was trapped for at least five minutes under a sand hole that collapsed on him.

    Pye was digging a hole that was 10-feet deep when the surrounding sand caved in and trapped him. Pye’s friends and other bystanders dug out the sand with their bare hands to try to save the victim. They were able to free his head from the sand.

    When the firefighters arrived at the scene, they found Pye unconscious. The paramedics were able to open his airways while the firefighters worked to free his body from the sand. The authorities were able to extract Pye from the sand about 35 minutes after the incident happened. They tried their best to revive him, but he died at the scene. The cause of his death was suffocation while being trapped in a sand hole.

    Cal Fire Captain Jonathan Cox who was present at the scene said, “It is one of those situations that can go from having a good time on the beach with friends and family to extremely dangerous and critical within seconds.”

    George Frey, one of the witnesses who was on a vacation with his family, said that the more the group of people dug, the more the sand kept rushing back to the sand tunnel.

    Cox said that sand is a difficult substance to work with. “It took a really concerted effort to pull the sand back, and there was a really overwhelming number of people—in a good way—who were digging to get him out.”

    In a statement, firefighters took the opportunity to warn beachgoers of the “hidden dangers associated with the beach.” “Remember to stay away from cliffs, use caution when swimming in big surf and refrain from digging too deeply in the sand,” they said.

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  • Beach Hole Collapses, Man Dies In California

    A beach hole collapsed on Monday, causing the young man who dug it to lose his life after he was trapped above his head in the sand for five minutes. The young man was identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s office as Adam Pye, 26, of San Lorenzo.

    Pye dug a 10-foot-deep hole at Francis State Beach, which is about 30 miles southwest of downtown San Francisco. As he was standing inside of it, the beach hole began to collapse.

    Captain Jonathan Cox of The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said that about 30 people, including Adam’s friends and numerous bystanders, began frantically trying to dig him out with their bare hands and whatever tools they could find. They used buckets and other improvised tools to try to save Adam’s life, but to no avail. The beach hole collapse had swallowed his entire body.

    The bystanders were able to free his head from the beach hole collapse in about five minutes. Emergency personnel arrived just when his head was freed, but it was already too late.

    “When they got there, they discovered he was unconscious,” Cox said.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV6h7HiiX3g

    He said that paramedics did manage to get his airways open while 30 firefighters, with help from some of the bystanders, used shovels and other equipment to free his body from the beach hole collapse. They succeeded, but it took about 35 minutes. When they attempted to revive him, Adam died at the scene.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FvhX2R_ORU

    Such a sad and fairly common story that happens more than you would think. Please use this as yet another cautionary tale about digging deep holes, especially in something as unstable as sand.

    Be careful of beach hole collapses as you enjoy the remaining days of summer.

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