A 12-year-old girl was rescued in Texas after becoming buried in a “large hole” that she was digging in the sand, officials said.

The Woodlands Fire Department outside of Houston said multiple agencies responded around 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day to a “report of a child trapped after a cave in.”

“Firefighters, medics and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputies were directed to a sand bar on the West Bank of Panther Creek just south of the pedestrian bridge, where a 12-year-old girl on a family outing was trapped after a large hole she was digging in the sand collapsed, covering her completely,” the Woodlands Fire Department said.

“Her father rushed to her and was able to clear the sand from around her head, allowing her to breathe,” it added. “When crews arrived, they found the pat

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