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News by Ally Foster 12th May 2021 8:57 AM A South Australian community was rocked yesterday following news a 13-year-old boy had been killed after a bin he and two friends were sleeping in was picked up by a garbage truck. Questions immediately emerged about how the boys came to be inside the bin, with new information shedding more light on the tragic incident. Spencer Benbolt Junior, 13, was asleep in an industrial bin in Port Lincoln early on Tuesday with two other boys - aged 11 and 12 - when it started being emptied during a scheduled collection. As the bin was lifted, one boy managed to escape injury by jumping out, but the other two children became trapped.
Spencer Benbolt Junior died after falling asleep in an industrial bin in town
He and two friends had been roaming the streets in the lead up to the tragedy
The 13-year-old is being remembered among peers as a hero and true friend
Some locals say he had a bed and loving family to go home to but stayed out
Family said the three boys were close and often ran away from home together
Loved ones have gathered at family home to begin mourning their tragic loss