In this Sept. 15, 2018, file picture, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse sits means off the seaside in Buxton, N.C.

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In this Sept. 15, 2018, file picture, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse sits means off the seaside in Buxton, N.C.

Steve Helber/AP

A 17-year-old died Saturday after a sand dune collapsed on high of him within the Outer Banks in North Carolina, the National Park Service said.

The teenager, a male from Chesapeake, Virginia, was on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Frisco, North Carolina. At about 2 p.m., regulation enforcement responded to a 911 name after the teenager’s household and associates had been on the lookout for him.

He was present in a gap a couple of tenth of a mile east from an off-road ramp, buried beneath a number of ft of sand. The dune collapsed into the outlet, which had been “dug in a back-dune area behind the primary dune and not visible from the beachfront,” the NPS stated.

Several authorities, together with park rangers, Dare County Emergency Medical Services and Hatteras Island Ocean Rescue employees helped transfer {the teenager} from the outlet and tried CPR, however weren’t profitable.

The incident is being investigated.

“Cape Hatteras National Seashore offers our condolences to his family and friends,” stated David Hallac, the superintendent of the National Parks of Eastern North Carolina. “We urge visitors not to dig deep holes on the beach due to the danger they present to beachgoers and emergency response staff.”