A 17-year-old died after a sand tunnel he was digging on an Italian beach suddenly caved in and buried him alive – leaving his panicked father, who had been napping, clawing at the shore in a desperate attempt to save him.
The teen, identified as Riccardo Boni, was on vacation with his parents and three younger siblings at Montalto di Castro Beach in Lazio Thursday afternoon when he carved out a five-foot tunnel in a remote area of the coastal edge, according to Italian media outlets.
But when he tried to crawl through the makeshift tunnel, it collapsed, trapping him – and his terrified screams – beneath the heavy layer of sand.
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Collapsed sand pit on a beach, cordoned off with red and white tape.
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