Holiday makers should be aware of the dangers of digging holes in the sand following two dramatic incidents.

Medics saved the life of a young girl in Norfolk after a hole she was digging on a beach collapsed on her.

The East of England Ambulance Service said a 15-year-old girl was digging a 7ft hole on the beach at Caister when it caved in.

It is believed she stopped breathing but medics saved her life by clearing her airways.

A spokeswoman for the Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 3.04pm and a rapid response crew arrived on the scene five minutes later backed up by an ambulance.

“A 15-year-old girl was taken by an RAF Sea King helicopter to James Paget Hospital accompanied by a clinician from the rapid response vehicle.

“The girl had gone into suspected respiratory arrest after falling down a 7ft hole in the sand.”

Duty Operations Manager Dave Greggs said: “Mark Little, the rapid response vehicle clinician, carried out initial treatment that possibly saved her life.”

A spokeswoman said the girl was recovering “quite well” at the hospital in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Earlier this week 17-year-old Matt Mina was digging tunnels in Newport Beach, California, when the walls collapsed in on him.

Around 40 beach users eventually freed him from the caved-in hole.