New Zealand

Child, 8, dies following crash in Feilding

21:25 pm on 8 May 2023

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An eight-year-old child died after a two-vehicle crash in Feilding last week.

She was Te Atarangi Tui Teu-Whittaker and lived in Marton.

Police said Te Atarangi was taken to hospital following the crash on Halcombe Road on Thursday, 4 May.

She died in the early hours of Friday.

"Our thoughts and sympathies are with her family," a police statement said.

The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash continue.