CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - Charlotte County Sheriff’s detectives have released the name of the North Port teen killed in a construction site cave-in Sunday afternoon in Port Charlotte. Danilo Riccardi Jr. was extracted from the cave-in hole about three hours after the incident occurred.

According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, the father, Danilo Riccardi Sr. had gone to the parking lot construction site for the new Bethani Seventh Day Adventist Church at 24300 Harborview Rd. He asked his other sons along with Danilo Jr., to come with him. Danilo reportedly went into an 8-10-foot deep hole to get water to mix cement when the cave-in occurred. It is uncertain how long he was under the muddy mixture of sand and water. When Danilo Jr. was located in the hole, the boy’s father tried unsuccessfully to save him.

The CCSO got the call at 3:26 p.m. and arrived six minutes later; two deputies also tried to get the boy out to no avail.

CCSO Major Crime’s detectives also contacted OSHA who will begin their investigation into the death at the construction site.

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Information from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office