Levi Caverly | CREDIT: FACEBOOK

A family is mourning the death of 18-year-old Levi Caverly, who was killed on Tuesday after he and his sister became trapped in the sand on a New Jersey beach. 

The incident occurred just after 4 p.m. on a beach in Toms River, where the family had been visiting from Maine, according to ABC affiliate WPVI-TV.

“They teens were reportedly digging a large hole when it collapsed and trapped both of them,” police said of Levi Caverly and his sister, who was rescued