A 17-year-old boy died on a beach in Italy. This game causes more deaths than sharks.

Digging holes on the beach can be dangerous, the Italian press reminds us after a tragic accident that occurred at the seaside in the capital region of Lazio. A 17-year-old died on the beach, buried under sand in a tunnel he had dug for fun.

The incident occurred in the town of Montalto di Castro near Viterbo, where a family from Rome was on vacation.

While playing with his two younger brothers, the teenager dug a deep tunnel on the beach and then lay down. The younger brothers left, and after a while, their father realized he couldn't see his eldest son. He raised the alarm, and a search began.

According to media reports, the 5-year-old then said that his brother was "under the sand." Initially, they didn't listen to him at all, but then they began digging through the sand where the little brothers had last seen the teenager.

The search lasted 40 minutes. When the boy was found, he was already dead.

It was determined that when he lay down in the tunnel he had dug, sand fell on him, causing the teenager to suffocate.

In connection with the accident, the Italian press cites data from the USA, according to which sudden sand slides into holes dug on the beach and playing in them cause more victims than sharks.

On some beaches in Italy, a ban has been introduced on digging holes near the shoreline to prevent people walking there from falling into them.

From Rome Sylwia Wysocka (PAP)

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Digging holes on the beach can be dangerous, the Italian press reminds us after a tragic accident that occurred at the seaside in the capital region of Lazio. A 17-year-old died on the beach, buried under sand in a tunnel he had dug for fun.

The incident occurred in the town of Montalto di Castro near Viterbo, where a family from Rome was on vacation.

While playing with his two younger brothers, the teenager dug a deep tunnel on the beach and then lay down. The younger brothers left, and after a while, their father realized he couldn't see his eldest son. He raised the alarm, and a search began.

According to media reports, the 5-year-old then said that his brother was "under the sand." Initially, they didn't listen to him at all, but then they began digging through the sand where the little brothers had last seen the teenager.

The search lasted 40 minutes. When the boy was found, he was already dead.

It was determined that when he lay down in the tunnel he had dug, sand fell on him, causing the teenager to suffocate.

In connection with the accident, the Italian press cites data from the USA, according to which sudden sand slides into holes dug on the beach and playing in them cause more victims than sharks.

On some beaches in Italy, a ban has been introduced on digging holes near the shoreline to prevent people walking there from falling into them.

From Rome Sylwia Wysocka (PAP)

sw/ akl/

Digging holes on the beach can be dangerous, the Italian press reminds us after a tragic accident that occurred at the seaside in the capital region of Lazio. A 17-year-old died on the beach, buried under sand in a tunnel he had dug for fun.

The incident occurred in the town of Montalto di Castro near Viterbo, where a family from Rome was on vacation.

While playing with his two younger brothers, the teenager dug a deep tunnel on the beach and then lay down. The younger brothers left, and after a while, their father realized he couldn't see his eldest son. He raised the alarm, and a search began.

According to media reports, the 5-year-old then said that his brother was "under the sand." Initially, they didn't listen to him at all, but then they began digging through the sand where the little brothers had last seen the teenager.

The search lasted 40 minutes. When the boy was found, he was already dead.

It was determined that when he lay down in the tunnel he had dug, sand fell on him, causing the teenager to suffocate.

In connection with the accident, the Italian press cites data from the USA, according to which sudden sand slides into holes dug on the beach and playing in them cause more victims than sharks.

On some beaches in Italy, a ban has been introduced on digging holes near the shoreline to prevent people walking there from falling into them.

From Rome Sylwia Wysocka (PAP)

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