Police are continuing to investigate the crash which claimed the life of eight-year-old Auckland boy Thomas Evans on State Highway 5 yesterday.
Emergency services were called to the crash, south east of Tirau and 500m west of Whites Road, at around 4.50pm.
Police are investigating the crash which killed an eight-year-old boy. Photo: File.
'Initial police enquiries indicate that a Toyota utility containing a man and his 8-year-old son had broken down,” says a statement from police.
'The father crossed the road to get some water for his vehicle's radiator leaving his son in the vehicle.
'It appears that the boy decided a short time later to follow his father across the road with tragic consequences.”
The driver of the Toyota Corolla vehicle that collided with the young boy was not injured.
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