Tragedy we will never get over

The tragic death of a West Sussex toddler has prompted warnings from coastguards over the dangers of the beach as thousands prepare to flock to the coast over this weekend and the following August bank holiday weekend.

By The Newsroom

Published 16th Aug 2005, 18:36 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:37 BST

Parents are being urged to keep an eye on their children and not to dig deep holes in the sand.

Three-year'“old Abbie Livingstone-Nurse suffocated in the sand at Towans Beach, near Hayle in Cornwall on Sunday.

She and her five-year-old brother Joe became trapped after the walls of a five'“foot deep hole collapsed.

Her mother, Pippa Livingstone'“Nurse said: "We are absolutely devastated '“ too devastated for words. She was our world. She was a fearless little girl. We were in Devon for a week before coming to Cornwall. She climbed Hay Tor and there was no stopping her. Now she has gone."

She and partner, Ian Sayer who live in Goring-by-Sea described it as a 'tragic accident that we will never forget or get over'.

Full story in West Sussex Gazette August 18.

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