1 dead after sand collapses on siblings digging deep hole on New Jersey beach, authorities say
TOMS RIVER, N.J. – An 18-year-old man from Maine was killed Tuesday evening in the collapse of a hole on the beach that the man was digging with his 17-year-old sister, authorities said.
Township police officers and emergency medical services personnel went to the beach on the barrier island at about 4:09 p.m.
The brother and sister spent the afternoon with their family at the beach, known as Ocean Beach 3, a private beach community near Chadwick Beach, authorities said.
Toms River Mayor Maurice "Mo" Hill Jr. said the hole was deep, dug out with Frisbees.
The 17-year-old girl was rescued and treated at the scene, police said
Emergency crews from the surrounding area pulled her brother out of the sand about 6:45 p.m.
This is not the first time a collapse has occurred on the beaches of Monmouth and Ocean counties.
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In July 2020, Belmar police, lifeguards, rescuers and firefighters saved a boy from a collapsed sand hole.
In August 2015, lifeguards and bystanders pulled a 12-year-old boy out of a collapsed hole in Surf City.