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News Articles: Outer Banks

In this Sept. 15, 2018, file photo, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse sits way off the beach in Buxton, N.C.

A 17-year-old died in the Outer Banks after a sand dune collapsed on top of him

The teenager's friends and family had been looking for him. He was found buried underneath several feet of sand.

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  • Ayana Archie
David Elder, ocean rescue supervisor for Kill Devil Hills, N.C, stands in a hole he estimates to be 7 feet deep on Sunday. The town on North Carolina's Outer Banks has issued a plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the beach.

A man's death shows the dangers of digging deep holes on the beach

A town on the Outer Banks issued a public plea to beachgoers about the dangers of digging holes on the oceanfront just hours before a man died at a New Jersey beach when a hole collapsed on him.

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  • The Associated Press