SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A Utah teenager died a day after she was found buried in the sand at Snow Canyon State Park, officials said.
Whitney Webb, 15, died Saturday at Primary Children's Medical Center, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The teenager was at Snow Canyon State Park with her family Friday, playing with her younger siblings who were partially burying her in a hole about four feet deep, said Shauna Jones, of the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
When the family was getting ready to leave, they got as far as the parking lot and noticed Whitney wasn't with them, Jones said.. They returned to find the girl fully submerged in the sand with only her hair sticking out.
Whitney was buried in the sand for a few minutes, which caused her to stop breathing.
A helicopter flew her to Dixie Regional Medical Center, where doctors were able to restore her pulse, but she remained in critical condition and was taken to Primary Children's.
