A TEENAGE boy was likely “killed instantly” after he was crushed to death in a tragic farming accident.
The father of Harry Moss has spoken out after his 14-year-old was fatally injured on a farm in Malvern, Worcestershire on Thursday morning.
Lewis Moss, 39, told The Telegraph: “The lad who owned the farm phoned me and he just said, ‘You need to get down the farm. It’s Harry. It’s really bad.’
“When I got down there, they were still trying to work on him but he was gone. The only solace I’ve got is when I went to see him yesterday in the morgue, I asked the lady and she said by the extent of his injuries, it was instant.
“He got an opportunity to work on this farm and was so happy to get that job. It would have been his 15th birthday next month.”
His father also revealed that the 14-year-old was working on the farm whilst trying to save up money to buy his own tractor.
West Mercia Police have launched a probe into the incident alongside the Health and Safety Executive.
Mr Moss described Harry, who was the oldest of five children, as a keen fisherman and rugby player.
He had started working on the farm just before Christmas.
of the 14-year-old's tragic passing.
His grief-stricken mum Holly McMurray claimed he was “working too hard”; when disaster struck.
Emergency services rushed to the scene, but despite their desperate efforts, “nothing could be done to save him.”;
