SAR NEWS: Fresno teens nearly buried alive

Thursday, March 20, 2008

SAR NEWS: Fresno teens nearly buried alive

Fresno teens at local hospitals after they were nearly buried alive at Montaña de Oro.
They were rescued from the state park near Los Osos just before 7:30 p.m. tonight

Two Fresno teens pulled out of collapsed sand that nearly buried them alive at Montaña de Oro State Park in Los Osos are at local hospitals being treated for hypothermia and compression injuries.

The teens, ages 19 and 15, were trapped — one up to his neck, the other to his chest — in sand that enveloped them near the beach.

Some time before 6 p.m., they were digging into a sand dune or making a cave into it when it collapsed on top of them, according to a rescuer at the scene.

Rescuers from the San Luis Obispo County Fire Technical Rescue Team and County/Cal Fire had to shore up the dune before digging them out to prevent further collapse.

San Luis Ambulance medics took one teen to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, according to Cal Fire officials. The other was taken by helicopter to Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton.

The mother of one of the teens told The Tribune that the other was a cousin. They were with a sister, visiting the Central Coast from Fresno.

They were lifted out four minutes apart by 7:23 p.m. after being trapped at least 90 minutes, according to Cal Fire.

To reach the teens, rescuers had to hike to the site of the collapse.

Source: sanluisobispo.com

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Thursday, March 20, 2008