An infant has died after falling into a septic tank on Thursday afternoon in rural Whanganui.
Police are describing the incident as a “tragic accident” in a brief statement released on Thursday evening.
“An infant has died in what appears to have been a tragic accident,” the statement said.
“Police are investigating.”
No information has been released as to how the infant came to fall into the tank at a property on Watt Livingstone Rd in Westmere, north east of Whanganui.