17-12 months-Outdated Boy Dies After Digging Gap and Being Buried Alive on Seaside

A 17-year-old boy has died after the outlet he dug on a seashore Italy collapsed on high of him.

In accordance with native outlet Corriere della Serra, the teenager recognized as Riccardo Boni by native outlet Il Messaggero had been on trip within the resort of Montalto di Castro, round 70 miles north of Rome, along with his father and siblings when the incident occurred at round 3:00 p.m. native time on Thursday, July 10.

The boy, who was from the Italian capital, was reportedly digging a big gap along with his youthful siblings within the sand, when its partitions collapsed on high of him.

L’unione Sarda. It, reported that the outlet was practically 5 ft deep.

In accordance with Corriere della Serra, Riccardo’s father was mendacity below a seashore umbrella resting close by on the time, whereas his siblings had moved towards the shore.

The boy was then left buried till his father awoke and commenced to ask his youthful youngsters the place their older brother was. Per the outlet, the siblings then pointed to the place the outlet was, inflicting the daddy and passersby to rapidly dig for him.

PEOPLE has contacted Italian State Police for remark.

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Whereas emergency companies have been referred to as, the boy confirmed no indicators of life, reported Corriere della Serra. First responders additionally tried to revive the boy however have been unsuccessful, the outlet added.

A case has now been opened “in opposition to individuals unknown relating to the deadly accident,” the Corriere della Serra added, with authorities deciding on whether or not to carry out an post-mortem.