Man dies in California after beach hole collapses
HALF
MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A young man died after a hole he dug on a
Northern California beach collapsed and trapped him in the sand for at
least five minutes, authorities said Tuesday.
Man dies in California after beach hole collapses
6 hours ago
This Monday, July 21, 2014,
photo released by the Half Moon Bay Review shows emergency crew workers
and volunteers working to rescue a man at Francis State Beach in Half
Moon Bay, Calif. Authorities say a young man has died after a hole he
dug on a Northern California beach collapsed and trapped him in the sand
for at least five minutes. (AP Photo/Half Moon Bay Review, Dean
Coppola) MANDATORY CREDIT DEAN COPPOLA/HALF MOON BAY REVIEW
The man dug a roughly
10-foot-deep hole at Francis State Beach and was standing in it around
5:30 p.m. Monday when the sand started caving in around him, California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt. Jonathan Cox said.
About
30 people, including the man's friends and bystanders, frantically dug
with their hands, buckets and other improvised tools to expose his head.
They were able to free his head in about five minutes, just as
firefighters arrived at the scene, Cox said.
"When they got there, they discovered he was unconscious," he said.Cox said paramedics managed to open his airways while about 30 firefighters, aided by the bystanders, used shovels and other equipment to pull out his body.
Rescuers extricated him in about 35 minutes and tried to revive him, but he died at the scene, Cox said.
The
man who died at the beach about 30 miles southwest of downtown San
Francisco was identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's office as
Adam Pye, 26, of San Lorenzo.
He dug the hole on a campground area of the beach, about 10 to 15 feet from the water line, Cox said.
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