LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA -- Harry Defina was walking on the beach Tuesday afternoon when he saw an odd site. There was a man digging a large hole. He was alone. Half an hour later, there was a commotion ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A young girl was buried in sand and died Tuesday when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy collapsed on them both at a south Florida beach, authorities said.

The incident took place on the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea beach earlier this week Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and his work has ...