An eight-year-old boy has died in a tragic farming accident on a rural property in the Port Stephens area on the NSW mid-north coast. Just after midday on Sunday police were called to a property in Swan Bay where they were directed to an injured boy. It is believed that the eight-year-old became trapped under a tractor while his grandfather was driving it. Ambulance paramedics were called; however, the boy died at the scene. Police from Port Stephens Local Area Command will now prepare a report for the Coroner, outlining the full circumstances surrounding the child’s death. More to come. An eight-year-old boy has died in a tragic farming accident on a rural property in the Port Stephens area on the NSW mid-north coast .
A young boy has died in a farming accident on the NSW mid-north coast . It is believed the eight-year-old became trapped under a tractor at the Swan Bay property . His grandfather is thought to have been the once driving it . Paramedics were called but the boy died at the scene .