Man Dies After Being Buried Inside Sand Tunnel Collapse

GettyImages-578237842 — Incoming waves wash away footprints left by visitors in the sand along a beach on Sylt Island on July 19, 2016 near Wenningstedt, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

A Texas man vacationing in Florida died Wednesday after a sand dune caved in on him, CBS DFW reported. Lee Goggin, 35, of Irving, Texas was buried alive by a collapsed sand dune he was digging a tunnel into before dying at a hospital Tuesday.

Sad update to share. Lee Goggin of Irving, dies after sand dune collapse in Florida. His family was praying he would wake up. He was rushed to the hospital Sunday after a mountain of sand he was tunneling under buried him @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/HzZIWJXT2E
— Yona Gavino (@YonaGavinoCBS11) January 30, 2018

Goggin and his family decided to stop by the beach on the way to their hotel before a Disney World trip. He passed by part of the beach that was supposed to be closed to the public and was marked as such. He dug a hole in the sand, which then caved in on him while he was inside it. He suffered a heart attack while he was buried and passed away in a medically induced coma at the hospital.

Goggin was survived by a wife and three children. His sister created a GoFundMe campaign that passed its goal within three days of its creation by a wide margin. A personal trainer, Goggin’s employer in Dallas paid tribute to he and his family on its Facebook page.