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Child killed in school bus accident named

Published: Wed 22 Aug 2012 09:54 AM
Child killed in school bus accident named
Police have today released the name of the five year-old boy who was killed after being hit by a school bus at Hector on the West Coast yesterday afternoon.
He was Mahuri BETTJEMAN-MANAWATU of Hector.
Mahuri was a student at Granity School. Police are today working with the school to provide support to the other pupils, along with Victim Support staff. There were a number of children on the bus at the time of the accident.
A Police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident is under way.
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