Sinkhole
© Twitter/ABC7 ChicagoCrews trying to dig an 8 y/o boy out of sink hole along the Ind. lakefront near Mt Baldy in Michigan City.
Emergency crews were on the scene Friday in northern Indiana looking for a boy who fell into a hole in the sand near the Lake Michigan shoreline near Mount Baldy in Michigan City.

Officers at the Michigan City Police Department and the LaPorte County Sheriff's Office confirm to The Associated Press that an 8-year-old boy fell into a hole about 8 feet deep about 4:30 p.m. central time.

Michigan City police, fire and Department of Natural Resources used heavy equipment to find the child. WSBT reports the boy's family was moved from the scene to the beach around 6 p.m.

The boy was pulled from the sinkhole. No word in his condition.