A teenager is lucky to be alive after becoming entangled up to his neck in sand at a Lincolnshire coastal holiday spot

Liam Cooper

Local coastguard teams had to rescue the 14-year-old boy after the hole he was digging on the beach at Anderby Creek collapsed, burying almost his entire body.

He was reportedly standing upright when the hole caved in on top of him.

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