Best friends die in Florida after sand hole traps them underground: Sheriff
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Key Points:
- Two 14-year-old boys, George Watts and Derrick Hubbard, died after being trapped for over an hour in a collapsed sand hole they were digging at Sportsman Park in Inverness, Florida.
- Emergency responders were alerted around 12:44 p.m. on Sunday and used a cellphone ping from one of the boys' parents to locate and rescue them from the five-foot-deep hole.
- Derrick Hubbard was pronounced dead at the scene, while George Watts died later at the hospital on Tuesday.
- The boys were best friends and students at Inverness Middle School, which has provided counseling support to students affected by the tragedy.
- Families and authorities have asked for privacy as the community mourns the loss of the two boys
