Boy dies after accident on family's farm

A 14-year-old boy has died in hospital after an accident on his family’s farm in Queensland.

The accident occurred in Goondiwindi on Queensland’s southern border. The boy was helping unload equipment from a tractor trailer on Friday afternoon when he fell off and was subsequently run over by his twin brother at around 4.20pm.

The injured teenager went into cardiac arrest at the scene. Paramedics performed CPR on him before he was flown to Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in a critical condition. He died on Saturday from the injuries he sustained.

Workplace Health and Safety is investigating and police will prepare a report for the coroner.

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11 Comments

- - mom492462 said
  - 12 Apr 2023
    2:03 pm
Your heart just breaks for the family

- - SAS185 said
  - 05 Apr 2022
    11:14 pm
Oh gosh how sad. Deepest sympathy for all involved.

- - mum300445 said
  - 30 Nov 2021
    9:50 pm
What an absolute nightmare. Such a tragedy. My heart goes out to the family.

- - Mom466555 said
  - 25 Mar 2021
    6:05 pm
This is terrible, that poor family

- - Frankiielot said
  - 03 Oct 2020
    8:49 pm
Oh my goodness! I can’t imagine how his twin would be feeling.
I feel sorry for the both of them.

- - rachelvk said
  - 15 Apr 2016
    4:16 pm
A very sad and tragic story. I can’t imagine how the family is feeling.

- - mom105503 said
  - 04 Apr 2016
    9:59 pm
How awful for all involved, the twin must be torn apart.

- - mom90758 said
  - 04 Apr 2016
    2:36 pm
That’s terrible. Poor boy. And his twin.. I can’t even imagine how he must feel now.

- - mom164575 said
  - 04 Apr 2016
    9:02 am
Such a tragic tragic accident.

- - mom156049 said
  - 04 Apr 2016
    8:10 am
How traumatic. I hope his brother can heal from this tragedy without blaming himself. It was an accident

- - mum4107 said
  - 04 Apr 2016
    6:12 am
This is so sad. His poor brother too