Officials warn digging deep holes at the beach ‘is deadly’ after dune collapse kills teen on the Out
We're learning more about the 18-year-old who died after being trapped under several feet of sand in Cape Hatteras.
His family members tell 13News Now it was Chase Conyers from Chesapeake.
A spokesman for the National Park Service in North Carolina said officials believe "the teen had been digging holes" near where a dune collapsed, killing Conyers.
Dana Smith has the warning from authorities on the Outer Banks and in Virginia Beach.
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