Child recovering after being buried by sand collapse at dunes

OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says a 9-year-old from Livingston County has been released from a hospital after being buried in a sand collapse over the holiday weekend.

The department said it happened at the Silver Lake State Park sand dunes on Friday.

The child was digging a hole on the northeast side of the dunes when the sand collapsed, covering him in about 5 feet of sand for five minutes…

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