A two-year-old boy has died after being crushed by sports equipment at a sports club on the NSW Mid North Coast.
The toddler and his father were at the Old Bar Rugby Union Club in Old Bar, 200 miles north of Sydney, about 2pm on Sunday.
A rugby srum machine, a heavy piece of equipment used to practice scrumming, fell on the child and hit him.
The father desperately tried to save his son and called for help.
Bystanders who came to his aid assisted with CPR.
A two-year-old boy has died after being crushed by a rugby rum machine at a sports club on the NSW Mid North Coast. A stock photo of a scrum machine is shown
Red flowers (pictured) have been laid at the club in tribute to the toddler who died on Sunday
But the boy suffered significant injuries and died a short time later.
As a tribute to the toddler, red flowers were laid at the club.
A report is being prepared for the coroner and police are investigating how the tragedy happened.
The case is being treated as an accident and not as a criminal investigation.