A 15-year-old Dutch boy has been killed after being buried under sand at a beach in central Queensland, police say.
His brother, 13, was still trapped in the sand, following what is believed to be a sand collapse at a beach in the town of 1770, police said.
A police spokeswoman said another brother, 11, had been freed.
She said the children were from the Netherlands on a holiday.
An ambulance spokeswoman said crews received a call three children had been trapped up to their chests in sand.
"One child is confirmed deceased, one child is already out and another is still trapped," she said.
"Paramedics are administering oxygen to that child."
The police spokeswoman said the accident occurred about 4pm (AEST). "It is believed that three boys aged 11, 13 and 15 years old were digging holes in the sand on the inlet side of the beach and became trapped when the walls to the holes fell in," she said.
"Two of the boys were kneeling in the holes digging when the sides have collapsed.
"The trapped boy is receiving oxygen and attempts are being made to have a small trench digger moved onto the beach to dig him out."
Fourteen-year-old Irish tourist Michael Edward Brannigan died in similar circumstances on a Sunshine Coast beach in July 2002.
The teen was digging a hole in wet sand in Main Beach at Noosa when the sides of the hole, which was several metres deep, caved in.
Lifesavers dug frantically for more than an hour before finding Michael's body buried in an upright position a metre below the surface.
His mother Marie Brannigan called for local authorities to erect signs, which warned of the dangers soon after his death.
His brother, 13, was still trapped in the sand, following what is believed to be a sand collapse at a beach in the town of 1770, police said.
A police spokeswoman said another brother, 11, had been freed.
She said the children were from the Netherlands on a holiday.
An ambulance spokeswoman said crews received a call three children had been trapped up to their chests in sand.
"One child is confirmed deceased, one child is already out and another is still trapped," she said.
"Paramedics are administering oxygen to that child."
The police spokeswoman said the accident occurred about 4pm (AEST). "It is believed that three boys aged 11, 13 and 15 years old were digging holes in the sand on the inlet side of the beach and became trapped when the walls to the holes fell in," she said.
"Two of the boys were kneeling in the holes digging when the sides have collapsed.
"The trapped boy is receiving oxygen and attempts are being made to have a small trench digger moved onto the beach to dig him out."
Fourteen-year-old Irish tourist Michael Edward Brannigan died in similar circumstances on a Sunshine Coast beach in July 2002.
The teen was digging a hole in wet sand in Main Beach at Noosa when the sides of the hole, which was several metres deep, caved in.
Lifesavers dug frantically for more than an hour before finding Michael's body buried in an upright position a metre below the surface.
His mother Marie Brannigan called for local authorities to erect signs, which warned of the dangers soon after his death.
