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Boy, 17, dies after being swallowed up by sand hole on US beach

A 17-year-old lad was killed when the sand dune he was playing in collapsed and dragged him under.

Initial reports say that he fell after a hole was dug on a beach in North Carolina in the US.

The boy, who has not been named but is understood to be from Virginia, was discovered under multiple feet of sand at around 2pm on May 7.

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