News by Emily Cosenza A 13-year-old boy has been killed in a horrific garbage truck accident in Port Lincoln. Police say three boys, aged 11, 12 and 13, were allegedly asleep in an industrial bin early on Tuesday morning when the bin was being emptied. Emergency services were called just after 5.20am on Tuesday to the Repco car park, next to a McDonald s drive thru, on Liverpool Street. One boy managed to escape, but the teenager sustained serious injuries and died at the scene. The third boy was not injured in the accident. A carpark in Port Lincoln has been cordoned off after a serious incident involving a garbage truck this morning. Picture: Nathan Regter
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Boy, 13, crushed to death by garbage truck while sleeping in a bin after he ‘ran away from home’
Emily Cosenza
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A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was crushed to death after a rubbish truck picked up the bin he and two others were sleeping in.
Spencer Benbolt and friends 11 and 12, were also sleeping in the industrial bin in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
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As the bin was lifted, one boy managed to jump out and avoided being injured, but the other two, including Spencer, were tipped over as it was lifted into the truck.
Boy killed in horror rubbish truck incident in Australia
11 May, 2021 12:43 AM
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Police at the scene of the serious incident involving a garbage truck at Port Lincoln. Photo / 10 News
Police at the scene of the serious incident involving a garbage truck at Port Lincoln. Photo / 10 News
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By: Emily Cosenza
A 13-year-old boy has been killed in a horrific dumpster truck accident in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
Police say three boys, aged 11, 12 and 13, were allegedly asleep in an industrial bin early on Tuesday morning when the bin was being emptied.
Emergency services were called just after 5.20am on Tuesday to the Repco carpark, next to a McDonald s drive thru, on Liverpool Street.