12yo boy dies, 11yo rescued after falling into grain silo on Dinninup farm WA

A 12-year-old boy has died after falling into a grain silo on a farm in WA’s South West.

Police said the accident happened when the boy and his 11-year-old friend were helping family friends on a farm near Dinninup, 280 kilometres south-east of Perth.

Both children fell into a grain silo as it was being towed across a paddock late on Sunday afternoon.

The 11-year-old boy survived but the older boy died at the scene despite attempts to resuscitate him.

A spokeswoman for WorkSafe said two investigators would travel to the farm from Bunbury tomorrow to investigate the accident.

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