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A toddler has died after being crushed by sporting equipment at a football club on the NSW Mid North Coast.
The two-year-old boy and his father were at the Old Bar Rugby Union Club in Old Bar, north of Newcastle, about 2pm on Sunday.
A scrum machine, a weighted piece of equipment used to practice rucking, fell on the boy.
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The father desperately tried to save his son and called for help. Witnesses assisted with CPR.
The toddler suffered significant injuries and died a short time later.
Red flowers have been laid at the club.
Police are preparing a report for the coroner and investigating how the incident unfolded.
The matter is being treated as an accident, rather than a criminal investigation.
