A 9-year-old Livingston County boy was rescued after being buried in about five feet of collapsing sand at the Silver Lake State Park dunes.
The Michigan DNR says the boy and his family were visiting the Silver Lake area in Oceana County on the night of July 4, and the boy was digging a hole in the sand near pedestrian access on one side of the dunes when sand began collapsing and quickly covered him. The boy was covered in about five feet of sand for more than five minutes, according to the DNR.
DNR Conservation Officer Logan Turner and Silver Lake State Park Ranger Cody Anscombe were patrolling the dunes and were first to respond to the call for assistance around 9:30 p.m…