As discussion continues about whether Lauderdale-by-the-Sea will pay for lifeguards and if the majority of residents even want them, elected officials have made it illegal to dig deep holes in the sand in an effort to prevent another tragedy after a 7-year-old girl died while she was buried alive in the sand earlier this year. […]
After a 7-year-old girl died in a beach sand hole that collapsed on her, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has restricted the depth of sand holes on its beaches. The June 6 ordinance, passed unanimously by the five-person town commission, prohibits digging a hole or trench on the beach deeper than 18 inches and outlaws anyone from leaving an […]
A family from Indiana was enjoying a beach day at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea on Tuesday afternoon when the large hole the two young children were digging in the sand collapsed, burying them alive, officials say. The children were identified by the Broward Sheriff’s Office Wednesday as 7-year-old Sloan Mattingly and her 9-year-old brother, Maddox. Sloan had no […]
The girl who died after a 5- to 6-foot deep sand hole collapsed on her and and her brother Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has been identified by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. She is 5-year-old Sloan Mattingly, and her brother, Maddox Matttingly, is 9 years old, BSO said Wednesday afternoon. The children and their parents were […]
MIAMI – A young girl is dead and a boy is at a local hospital Tuesday night after being trapped in a sand hole in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. It happened in the area of 4424 El Mar Drive. Images from Chopper 4 showed the sand hole surrounded by cones on the beach and police yellow tape. Fire […]