Boy crushed to death by truck on Queensland property

An eight-year-old boy has been crushed to death by a truck on his family's rural property near Beaudesert, south of Brisbane.

The boy had been helping his father change a tyre on a truck around midday when he became trapped under a wheel.

Police say his father had gone to move the vehicle forward when his son decided to reach underneath and got caught.

Emergency services were called out at about midday, but the little boy died before they arrived.

Police and workplace health and safety are now investigating the accident.