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Hundreds mourn 9-year-old boy who died after getting stuck in a garage door while another child is taken to hospital with serious injuries
- Melbourne community in mourning after the death of Abdul Razack Tarawaley
- Nine-year-old died after getting stuck in southwest city garage door
- Police, ambulance and fire brigade were called to the property on Saturday evening
- Another boy is in the Royal Children’s Hospital with serious injuries
The nine-year-old boy who died after getting stuck in a garage door has been identified while another child is taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The community of Altona North mourns the loss of Abdul Razack Tarawaley who died Saturday night at a home on Mason Street in the city’s southwest.
Father Abdul Razack Tarawaley – who shares the same name as his son – revealed he was playing with friends in the downstairs garage when the tragedy happened.
He found that his little boy had been crushed at the top of the automatic garage door when he went downstairs to check on the children.
“I’ve tried to pull the gate down, but I can’t because it’s too big and heavy,” the defeated father told the father. Herald Sun.
“I’ve touched his head, I’ve touched his fingers, everything is cold.”
The Altona North community mourns the loss of Abdul Razack Tarawaley, 9, (pictured), who died after getting stuck in a garage door of a building in the southwest of the city
Emergency services, including firefighters and paramedics, arrived on the scene in Alton North in southeastern Melbourne just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night.
Emergency services rushed just after 7:30pm with paramedics desperately working on Abdul, who unfortunately could not be rescued.
Another boy was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital in serious condition.
Mr Tarawaley described Abdul as a “sweet” boy who dreams of becoming a doctor.
He said his only child would be celebrating his tenth birthday in two weeks and that he loved playing football and playing with his friends.
Abdul was in fourth grade at the local elementary school in Newport.
The little boy’s uncle, Lamin, wondered why the garage door wasn’t equipped with security measures such as motion sensors.
“The door only had a button to go up and down and where the button is placed is accessible to children,” he said.
Mr Tarawaley described Abdul (pictured) as a ‘sweet’ boy with dreams of becoming a doctor
Abdul’s family received a torrent of tributes for their little boy on Facebook on Sunday as Altona North’s close-knit community grapples with the loss.
“My heart aches at such sudden news. Find it so hard to believe. You will be in my heart forever, my Ju,” someone wrote.
“It’s very painful. I’m just in shock, pain and grief,’ another shared.
Police, ambulance and fire brigade were present at the property on Saturday evening.
“The incident is not being treated as suspicious,” said a spokesman for the Victoria Police Department.
An investigation is underway into the circumstances of the tragic death.