New Zealand

Mount Maunganui train fatality: 11yo named

19:46 pm on 3 August 2023

Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

An 11-year-old has been named as the young person who died when she was hit by a freight train in Mount Maunganui on 31 July.

Police say she was Jorja-Ray Smith of Mount Maunganui.

Her death has been referred to the coroner.

Police said they extend their sympathies to her loved ones.