A five-year-old boy has died after he was crushed by a parking meter exterior a museum in Western Australia final week.
The boy was hospitalised in a important situation on Wednesday, January 16, after he was hit by a parking meter in a courtyard of the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre, about 175km south of Perth.
The Metropolis of Bunbury right this moment confirmed that the kid had handed away.
“Our whole organisation is heartbroken and deeply saddened to study of the passing of the younger youngster concerned in a tragic incident at a Metropolis facility final week,” it stated.
It is understood the boy was hit by a parking meter in a courtyard of the museum.
Metropolis officers stated their ideas had been with the kid’s household, and that that they had supplied them their assist.
“There are not any phrases that can assist what we all know may have an immense impression on our whole group,” It stated.
“We additionally ship ideas to our personal employees who witnessed the incident and who did every thing they may in offering rapid help.”
St John Ambulance paramedics handled the kid on the scene and he was rushed to hospital. He was then airlifted to Perth Kids’s Hospital.
The Metropolis stated they might work with authorities all through the investigation into the tragic accident.
The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre can be closed for one more week.
