Twist in lawn tractor tragedy on NSW south coast: dad was behind the wheel
Horror as father accidentally reverses three-year-old son with lawnmower killing boy despite frantic attempts to resuscitate him: ‘He didn’t see it’
- Child did not survive after serious injuries
- New South Wales Police investigate accident
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A three-year-old boy has died after being struck by a lawn mower his father was driving.
The boy was rushed to Pambula District Hospital on Saturday with serious injuries after being struck with lawn mower blades.
The boy later died, despite desperate resuscitation attempts by paramedics.
‘He (the father) invested himself in the poor child. He didn’t see it,” a police spokesman said.
A young child was killed in a tragic accident on the south coast of New South Wales (file image)
Police are not expected to press charges, but must investigate such deaths to provide a report to the coroner.
“I don’t think anything you can do to the father will change the way he feels, unfortunately,” the police spokesman said.
“It’s unusual, it’s not a death caused by natural causes, so that’s why we’re doing what we’re doing.”
Karen Wright, Bega Valley Shire Councilor for South Pambula, said: “This is absolutely a tragedy and my heart goes out to the family.”
The boy was rushed to Pambula District Hospital with serious injuries, but could not be saved.