A boy stung by a stingray has described the worst pain of his life before Premier Mark McGowan came to the rescue at a beach in WA’s South West.

Brodie, 13, was swimming at Preston Beach with his family on Sunday afternoon when he put his foot down in the sand and felt a sting.

“I felt a prick and then a pain I’ve never felt before just hit my foot,” he told 6PR.

“I can’t even explain the pain. It was just the worst.”

His family rushed him off the beach and gave him first aid at the Footprints resort before Sarah McGowan, the wife of the Premier, walked past and asked what had happened.

After Brodie’s mum Tenille explained the situation, she returned with Mr McGowan who said his brother had once been stung by a stingray. That incident left him hospitalised for three weeks so he stressed that they should get him quickly to hospital.

But the family’s car was on the beach with its tyres deflated and Brodie’s dad Chris said it would take about 25 minutes to re-inflate them.

“He said here, take my car, take my keys and I said are you sure?” Tenille told 6PR.

“He quickly ran back to his room and grabbed his keys, and said here take my car. I said I could be at the hospital for hours and he said it’s not a problem, just get him to the hospital, I don’t need my car tonight, it’s all good.”

Racing their son to Harvey Hospital, Brodie was still in distress.

“Brodie was saying ‘go faster, go faster’ and I said I can’t, I’m in the Premier’s car,” she said.

The boy received treatment and has since been released from hospital. By the next day, the pain had largely subsided and Brodie was hobbling but on the mend.

Brodie and Tenille both thanked the Premier for his generous gesture.

Mr McGowan said it was good he was in a position to help the family and he was concerned after his own family’s recent stingray incident.

“When I saw Brodie, he was in a lot of pain,” he told 6PR.

“When it happened to my brother a couple of years ago, he was so sick he was in hospital for about three weeks.

“My parents were actually very worried about him surviving so I thought this was an emergency so that’s why I ran to get the car keys.”