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A four year-old boy is dead after a crash in Norsewood, north of Dannevirke.
The vehicle he was travelling in lost control and crashed shortly after 6pm last night.
Police said a woman was driving on Jens Anderson Rd in a rural area near Norsewood when she lost control of her car on a sharp right-hand bend and crashed into a stand of trees.
The child was sitting in the back of the car and died shortly after from severe head injuries, while the mother received minor injuries.
- NZHERALD STAFF, NZPA
