First Responders Free Trapped Beachgoer Near Sagamore Beach

SANDWICH — Sandwich drew national news attention this week after roughly 25 first responders worked to free an 18-year-old beachgoer who became trapped when a hole he had dug into the sand collapsed around him, according to reports from NBC Boston and other outlets.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"First responders pull partially buried beachgoer, 18, from sand on Cape Cod": About 25 first responders were needed to dig out an 18-year-old man after a sand hole he had made collapsed and trapped him at a Sandwich beach Tuesday night, NBC Boston reports (read it at https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/cape-cod-beach-sand-rescue/3999941/).

"Man rescued after getting buried in sand on Cape Cod beach": WYFF 4 reports the unusual rescue took place between Sagamore Beach and Scusset Beach in Sandwich, adding location detail to the incident also covered by NBC Boston (read it at https://www.wyff4.com/article/beach-hole-collapse-new-england-beach-man-buried-sand/73478597).

COMING UP

The Select Board meets Thursday, Aug. 20, at Town Hall. The Historic District Committee convenes Monday, Aug. 24.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.