Beach nightmare...California man Adam Pye was killed when a hole he dug on the beach caved in, trapping him as horrified friends frantically tried to save him. Picture: Faceboook Source: Supplied
A YOUNG man died after a hole he dug on a Northern California beach collapsed and trapped him in the sand for at least five minutes, authorities said Tuesday.
Adam Pye, 26, dug a roughly three-metre deep hole at Francis State Beach and was standing in it around 5.30pm on Monday when the sand started caving in around him, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt. Jonathan Cox said.
About 30 people, including the man's friends and bystanders, frantically dug with their hands, buckets and other improvised tools to expose his head.
They were able to free his head in about five minutes, just as firefighters arrived at the scene, Mr Cox said.
Tragic...Around 30 onlookers tried to dig Pye out with beach shovels, but by the time paramedics arrived he was unconscious and they were unable to revive him. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied
"When they got there, they discovered he was unconscious," he said.
Paramedics managed to open his airways while about 30 firefighters, aided by the bystanders, used shovels and other equipment to pull out his body.
Rescuers extricated Pye in about 35 minutes and tried to revive him, but he died at the scene, Mr Cox said.
The beach is about 50 kilometres southwest of downtown San Francisco.
The San Mateo County Coroner's office confirmed the victim was Pye, of San Lorenzo.
He dug the hole on a campground area of the beach, about three to four metres from the water line, Mr Cox said.
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