A five-year-old boy has died in hospital, days after he was injured when a parking meter fell on him at a museum in WA's southwest. It's left the Bunbury community reeling as authorities work to understand what happened.
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00:00After a week of waiting, the news no one wanted to hear.
00:06A five-year-old, critically injured when a parking meter fell on him at the Bunbury Museum
00:11last Wednesday, confirmed dead.
00:14Police say he lost his life on Friday, two days after being airlifted to Perth Children's
00:19Hospital.
00:20He's lost his battle in hospital and our hearts go out to the families.
00:24This is a dreadful and very sad tragedy.
00:27The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions was hosting a school holiday
00:32activity at the museum when the incident occurred.
00:35I can't imagine the pain that the parents are going through.
00:39We need to have WorkSafe conduct their inquiry, that's the priority, but DBCA will be looking
00:44at the circumstances as well.
00:46I imagine that the whole of the community is still grappling with what has happened
00:51and I am sure that appropriate steps will then be taken.
00:57A report will be prepared for the coroner with a number of questions remaining.
01:01We need to find out exactly what occurred.
01:05We need to know exactly why it wasn't safe.
01:09We need to know why a child could get into a space that wasn't safe.
01:14The City of Bunbury says staff are devastated, particularly those who were here at the museum
01:19when the boy sustained what were ultimately fatal injuries.
01:23The centre will remain closed for at least another week as the community grieves.