HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s workplace says a man has died after a sand dune he was resting on whereas he took video of a sunrise collapsed.
On Monday, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office mentioned in a Facebook put up that deputies have been notified when a beachgoer observed a portion of the 35-year-old man’s physique protruding from the sand on Hutchinson Island.
“It appears that the man died hours earlier from asphyxia as a result of being trapped underneath the sand,” the division mentioned.
Officials say the sufferer appeared to have been recording a sunrise whereas on a sand dune when it collapsed and he grew to become trapped beneath.
Detectives say they don’t suspect foul play.
Although investigators say they’re awaiting toxicology checks, they consider the man’s loss of life was “a tragic accident.”