Sloan Mattingly was playing with her brother when the walls of a 6ft deep hole she was digging caved in around her The parents of a girl, 7, who was buried alive at a beach say the potential dangers of digging a hole in the sand ‘never crossed their mind’. Sloan Mattingly was playing with her brother Maddox at Lauderdale-by-the Sea in Florida when the walls of a 6ft deep hole they were digging caved in around her.
’ She was playing with her older brother Maddox Sloan’s father Jason also paid tribute, posting on social media: ‘Our baby is in heaven, love you too much Sloan.’ Sloan’s uncle Chris Sloan told KFOR-TV: ‘They were having a good time. Everybody was really excited to actually see them out there. He added: ‘Later we found out that after the sand had caved, kept trying to grab up Maddox’s leg to get up out of the sand, and eventually he couldn’t feel her moving anymore.