SEA GIRT, N.J. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A father dug through sand to save his 2-year-old son after the boy became buried by a sand collapse at a Jersey Shore beach over the weekend, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene A 49-year-old Virginia man's trip to the beach turned tragic Monday when he died after being buried alive in the sand. David Frasier of Fredericksburg ...

The boy had been playing on Anderby Creek when he was swallowed by the sand up to his neck A boy trapped ... collapsed was "lucky" not to have been buried alive, rescuers said.