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| Boy dies as sand tunnel collapses | Boy dies as sand tunnel collapses |
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| A 16-year-old boy has died after a tunnel dug in sand dunes collapsed around him. | |
| Paramedics tried to resuscitate the boy after he was pulled out of the sand at Cefn Sidan beach, near Burry Port in Carmarthenshire, at 1910 BST. | Paramedics tried to resuscitate the boy after he was pulled out of the sand at Cefn Sidan beach, near Burry Port in Carmarthenshire, at 1910 BST. |
| The teenager was airlifted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea but doctors there pronounced him dead. | The teenager was airlifted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea but doctors there pronounced him dead. |
| The boy was from Wrexham in north Wales and had been on holiday with his family and friends when the incident happened. | The boy was from Wrexham in north Wales and had been on holiday with his family and friends when the incident happened. |
| 'Unstable and heavy' | 'Unstable and heavy' |
| He had been playing with a group of up to 15 other children in the dunes behind the beach when he became trapped. | He had been playing with a group of up to 15 other children in the dunes behind the beach when he became trapped. |
| Swansea Coastguard watch manager Dave Hughes said: "Our sympathy goes out to the family following this tragic death and it has been a difficult day for our Coastguard Rescue Team and other rescuers involved today. | Swansea Coastguard watch manager Dave Hughes said: "Our sympathy goes out to the family following this tragic death and it has been a difficult day for our Coastguard Rescue Team and other rescuers involved today. |
| "With school holidays in full swing we want to warn families to be aware of the dangers of tunnelling in sand. | "With school holidays in full swing we want to warn families to be aware of the dangers of tunnelling in sand. |
| "Wet sand, as we have had today after rain, makes it easier for tunnelling, but sand is always very unstable and heavy and can collapse at any time." | "Wet sand, as we have had today after rain, makes it easier for tunnelling, but sand is always very unstable and heavy and can collapse at any time." |