Boy dies after being buried under sand dune at state park

By SAM METZ
Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old Utah boy has died a day after a sand dune he was digging in collapsed and buried him at a state park. Officials say Ian Spendlove, of Santa Clara, had been digging a tunnel into the dune at southern Utah’s Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park when it collapsed on him Saturday evening. A family member alerted authorities, and park rangers arrived to dig the boy out from what they said was over 6 feet of sand. Spendlove was taken to a St. George hospital and then to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. The Utah Division of State Parks Department says he died there Sunday after not regaining brain activity.