US Edition9-Year-Old Boy Rescued After Being Buried Under Collapsing Sand at Silver Lake Sand Dunes
TROUP COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUL 5 – Marquis Rice, 21, was recovered after drowning at West Point Lake, marking the second drowning there within a week, officials said.
- On Saturday, a father and his son from the Chicago suburbs tragically drowned in Lake Michigan near Dune Acres, Indiana. David Meneou, age 65, who lived in Joliet, and his 20-year-old son, Jameson Meneou of Lockport, were both pulled from the water but later pronounced dead.
- The drownings happened after Jameson went into deeper water and started having difficulty, leading David to try and save him but also encounter trouble in the water.
- A passerby pulled both men from the lake before conservation officers and park rangers took over, administering CPR while transporting them by boat to the Port of Indiana.
- Officials pronounced both men dead at a local hospital around 6:16 p.m., confirming their identities and ages as part of the ongoing investigation.
- The incident remains under investigation as authorities continue confirming details, with a Beach Hazard Statement issued for the nearby Kenosha County area.
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9-year-old boy rescued after being buried under collapsing sand at Silver Lake Sand Dunes
By Joe Buczek Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WWJ) — A 9-year-old Livingston County boy was rescued after being buried in about five feet of collapsing sand at the Silver Lake State Park dunes. The Michigan DNR says the boy and his family were visiting the Silver Lake area in Oceana County on the night of July 4, and the boy was digging a hole in the sand near pedestrian access on one side of the dunes when sand began collapsi…
The Morning Sun
DNR officers revive boy buried in sand at Silver Lake Dunes
A 9-year-old boy from Livingston County, Michigan, is reportedly home and doing well following an incident Friday in which collapsing sand at the Silver Lake State Park sand dunes, in Oceana County, temporarily buried the boy. The child, who was visiting the Silver Lake area with family, was digging a hole in the sand, located near the pedestrian access on the northeast side of the dunes, when sand collapsed and covered him in about 5 feet of sa…
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