NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- A woman sa...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- A woman saved her 13-year-old son's life after following a bunch that the 4-foot deep dig into ditches he was digging collapsed forward him, officials said.

Dylan Scott was recovering at domestic circle Monday from the scrapes and bruises he sustained when the sand malignant in on him.

"It's creepy" he said. "I just remember something really heavy prostrate on me."

Wendy Scott 41 said she didn't descry Dylan when she retuned to the beach after briefly joining her 10-year-old in the water Sunday.

Other beach visitors told her Dylan had gone swimming, yet she sensed he was buried in the sand, she said.

Onlooker began helping her dig when she clawed in consequence of the sand and touched Dylan's head, she said.

The lad wasn't breathing and had casted blue by the time rescuer arrived, she said. He was revived at a hospital.

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