US Edition‘Unimaginable nightmare:’ Florida Boys, Best Friends Die After Sand Hole Collapses
Two boys trapped for over an hour in a collapsed five-foot sand hole died despite CPR and hospital care, with community fundraising raising over $32,000.
- A midday call about two teenagers lost and possibly trapped prompted deputies to respond at Sportsman Park, Inverness, Florida, where rescuers pulled them from a sand hole around 1:15 p.m.
- The boys were digging a five-foot-deep sand hole when it collapsed, trapping them as Patrick Brafford said dry sand can fail without warning if dug too deeply.
- Rescuers pulled both boys from the sand hole around 1:15 p.m. and began CPR after a parent pinged a cellphone to help locate the teens, guiding deputies and emergency crews to the site before ambulance transport to HCA Florida Citrus Hospital in Inverness.
- One boy, Derrick Hubbard, was pronounced dead on Sunday, and George Watts, 14, died at HCA Florida Citrus Hospital Tuesday; a GoFundMe started by Watts' family raised over $32,000.
- The deaths have deeply affected the school and delayed local youth football activities, with crisis teams, counselors and social workers supporting students this week in the Citrus County School District.
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Teenage best friends die after sand hole they dug collapses, burying them alive at Florida park
George Watts and Derrick Hubbard, both 14, were digging a five-foot hole in the sand at Sportsman Park in Inverness on Sunday when the pit suddenly collapsed, trapping them inside, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office and Medical Examiners told ABC.
Two 14-year-old boys die after sand hole collapses at Inverness Park
Tragic sand hole collapse at Sportsman Park in Inverness, Florida claims the lives of two 14-year-old boys, George Watts and Derrick Hubbard. The Inverness Middle School students were rescued after more than an hour but could not be saved. Community mourns as school offers counseling.
Two 14-year-old high school students died after a crash at a park in Inverness, Florida, on Saturday. Police confirmed that the boys had been digging a hole in the sand, which eventually buried them. Rescuers spent about half an hour trying to extricate them from a depth of five feet.
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