LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. — A girl who died after falling into a sand hole with a boy on a South Florida beach Tuesday afternoon has been identified.
Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Claudinne Caro said Wednesday that the children were identified as Sloan Mattingly, 7, and her 9-year-old brother, Maddox Mattingly.
Paramedics were called to the beach in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, where the children were trapped in the sand.
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Caro said a preliminary investigation revealed that the children and their parents were on vacation from Indiana.
Investigators said the children were digging a hole in the sand when they fell in and got trapped beneath the sand.
Sloan was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.