Dramatic moment beachgoers and emergency crews dig suffocating teenager out of huge hole in sand that collapsed on top of him A man, 18, became trapped in a hole on the beach after sand collapsed on him Friends, locals, beachgoers, lifeguards, police and fire helped dig him out of it After successfully rescuing him he was checked over and allowed to go home Fire services warned the public about the dangers of digging holes at the beach
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Beachgoers and emergency crew saved a teenager from suffocating in a massive collapsed hole he built in the sand.
An 18-year-old man was trapped in the pile of sand after digging a hole which fell in on him at Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on Thursday.
Dramatic pictures showed his friends, lifeguards, the RNLI, police, tourists, fire crews and locals digging him out of the beach.
Beachgoers and emergency crew saved a teenager from suffocating in a massive collapsed hole he built in the sand in Newquay, Cornwall, on Thursday
Another picture showed the man being lifted from the sand on a stretcher by fire crews after the incident.
Later that day