EPT A 20-year-old exchange student from Korea died after he lay down in a 6-foot-deep sandpit he and some fellow students had dug on a Southern California beach and it collapsed on him.
The Oxnard Fire Department said in a statement that students from Masters College had dug the pit while spending the day at Oxnard Beach Park on Wednesday and the man became buried after climbing into it.
Firefighters arrived and immediately began digging with tools and hands, but it took 15 minutes to free him.
CPR was performed on the man as he was taken to Ventura County Medical Center, but he was declared dead at the hospital.
The Oxnard Fire Department said in a statement that students from Masters College had dug the pit while spending the day at Oxnard Beach Park on Wednesday and the man became buried after climbing into it.
Firefighters arrived and immediately began digging with tools and hands, but it took 15 minutes to free him.
CPR was performed on the man as he was taken to Ventura County Medical Center, but he was declared dead at the hospital.
Basically 4 people spent 2 hours digging a 10-ft hole at a beach outside of Oxnard and one of them got inside the hole, to continue digging deeper and was shoveling up the sand to the surface.
I don't know how that could happen as this is something I've done all the time too. Basically, during low tide you can dig a deep hole near the shore. Then when a big wave comes in, it "elevators" you up to the surface and is really cool feeling, kinda like flying.
Anybody from the west coast heard of it?
