A 17-YEAR-old boy has died on a beach after being buried alive in a hole in the sand.
The teenager is believed to have suffocated to death in a hole he had dug on the beach after the sand collapsed on him.
Emergency services were called to reports of the lifeless teenager on Montalto di Castro beach, in north west Italy yesterday.
It’s believed the boy began digging the hole with his brothers near the California campsite in the Viterbo province.
After his two brothers left him digging, his father awoke from his nap and began an urgent hunt for the missing teenager.
“A tragedy that has left us all shocked,” Montalto Mayor Emanuela Socciarelli told ANSA.
“It’s unthinkable that a young man could lose his life in this way. I want to offer my sincere condolences to this family, to whom we are all truly deeply connected.”
