TEXAS TOURIST DROWNS IN SAND ON MARYLAND BEACH

A Texas tourist found dead on the beach early Monday asphyxiated when sand in the hole in which she was found closed in on her, officials said Wednesday.

Ashley O’Connor, 30, of Plano, Texas, died accidentally of suffocation, according to findings from Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

“Investigators are still trying to determine what caused that hole to fill in,” said spokeswoman Lindsay Richard with the Ocean City Police Department.