A 5-year-old girl died
and her 7-year-old brother was hospitalized
after an accident in which they were trapped under the sands of a beach in Broward County (USA), south of Florida.
Witnesses said they
saw them playing and digging the well
, which ended up collapsing and left them captive.
The authorities rescued them and they were rushed to a hospital, but doctors could do nothing to save the girl's life.
Even in a video recorded by a witness, several desperate bathers are seen
removing sand
from the hole with their hands while trying to save their lives.
The event occurred this Tuesday afternoon
on Lauderdale-by-the-Sea beach
, in southeastern Florida, when the brothers apparently made a hole in the sand and became trapped.
The 5-year-old girl died and her 7-year-old brother remained hospitalized in critical condition, said the Broward Police Department, which until Wednesday had not released the identities of the minors.
Police officers from the aforementioned county and doctors went to the scene of the event after 3:16 p.m. local time (5:16 p.m. Argentina time), where - according to images collected by helicopter - a crowd of people could be seen next to the hole in an area that was cordoned off.
Witnesses told
NBC Miami
that the brothers made a hole while playing and that it gave way and they fell in.
According to Pompano Beach fire spokeswoman Sandra King,
the sand hole was between 1.5 and 1.8 meters deep.
Rescuers used support boards to keep the sand from sinking further while they used shovels to pull the children out, King said.
When asked how long they had been buried, she could not give details.
DP