17-year-old British teen dies after beach sand tunnel collapses during family vacation: report

A day at the beach turned tragic when a -year-old boy was killed after a sand tunnel he was digging abruptly collapsed burying him alive The teen identified as Riccardo Boni by several Italian media outlets was vacationing in Montalto di Castro Italy with his family when the event occurred on Thursday July Boni's family was staying at a resort in Montalto di Castro approximately miles north of Rome The collapse happened around p m local time while he was on the beach with his father and siblings According to local outlet Corriere della Sera Riccardo Boni and his younger siblings had moved closer to the shoreline where they began digging a large hole that was reportedly nearly five feet deep in a more secluded area of the beach Meanwhile their father was nearby dozing off under a beach umbrella FATHER AND SON DROWN IN LAKE MICHIGAN DURING WEEKEND FAMILY BOATING TRIP TRAGEDYSuddenly the walls of the tunnel gave way trapping the teen beneath the sand the outlet shared The boy remained buried until his father woke up and realized his oldest son was missing One of his brothers cried out Riccardo is under the sand according to The Sun The siblings pointed to the location of the collapsed tunnel prompting their father and nearby beachgoers to rush over and frantically dig in search of him FREAK ACCIDENT AT THE BEACH SENDS TEEN TO ICU AS MOM WARNS OF WATERFRONT DANGERTragically the boy was uncovered buried in the sand unresponsive and showing no signs of life First responders arrived within minutes including an air ambulance working to revive him but it was too late and the boy could not be saved the outlet stated No-one realized what had happened Lieutenant Daniele Tramontana the Carabiniere officer leading the police inquiry notified The Sun AMERICAN TOURIST REPORTEDLY IMPALED ON ROME'S COLOSSEUM FENCE AS DOZENS WATCH IN HORROR They lost a lot of time because they couldn t see him When they realized he was missing they began to look for him but it was too late he continued A witness on the beach described Corriere della Serra that no one on the beach had heard the teenager screaming because he was thoroughly buried within minutes CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPA police review has since been opened against persons unknown in connection with the fatal accident the outlet added as bureaucrats consider whether an autopsy will be required I have spoken to colleagues and we have never heard of anything like this happening before in Italy Tramontana noted We deal with terrible situations all the time but we can't imagine how a battle on the beach ended up this way