Teen Buried Alive At Beach After 10-Foot Sand Cave He Dug With Sister Collapses Onto Them

In a tragic incident in New Jersey, a teenager died Tuesday while digging a hole in the sand with his sister. The two teens were digging a 10-foot hole using Frisbees when the sand collapsed, as per local media.

18-year-old Levi Caverly from Union, Maine, and his 17-year-old sister were at Toms River with their family when the incident took place. While the siblings were having a fun time at the beach, the sand hole they were digging caved in and trapped both of them.

Cops said Levi lost his life in the tragic incident, but his sister was safely rescued.

The late teen's mother spoke out about the freak accident and revealed that her daughter was buried up to her neck when the sand hole collapsed on her brother.

“It is what it is. You can’t change it,” Angela Caverly told NJ.com, adding that her daughter was well enough to drive them home to Maine. “Physically, my daughter is OK. She’s helping drive us home right now,” Angela said.

The teen’s father, Todd Caverly, wrote on Facebook that his son was a “tech nut” who liked computer programming. Talking about his son's habits as he remembered him a day after his death, Todd said he was involved in the worship team at his church and was a drummer in a teen and young-adult worship band, as per The Washington Post.

“Levi was himself. He was odd. He was quirky. He was not really concerned with what others thought,” he added.

The latest incident comes just days after a 13-year-old from Santa Clara, Utah, died after being trapped in a tunnel he was digging through a dune at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. Authorities identified the victim as Ian Spendlove. After the sand collapsed into the tunnel, a family member who was with the boy sought help from other visitors and law enforcement officers. They started digging to find the teenager and found him more than six feet beneath the sand after about 30 minutes.

“The Utah Division of State Parks extends our condolences to Ian Spendlove’s friends and family impacted by this tragedy,” the statement read at the time.