Two children die after being buried in the sand on a beach

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two German children who were buried in sand after digging a hole in a dune in northwestern Denmark on Sunday have died, police said Wednesday.

The boys, aged 9 and 12, who were on holiday with their family in Munich, died on Tuesday evening, authorities said. Their names have not been released.

On Sunday they were digging a hole in a dune on the beach when the dune collapsed, burying them.

Firefighters and police, with the help of local residents, rescued the children, who had been buried for 40 minutes. They were flown by helicopter in critical condition to the university hospital in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, where they died.

Central and West Jutland police said on Wednesday they considered the case “a tragic accident” and had no further comment.

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