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An eight-year-old girl was killed in yesterday's three car crash in western Bay of Plenty yesterday afternoon.
Taylor-Jean Maaka-Batt died at the scene of the accident on State Highway 33 near Paengaroa, southeast of Te Puke, about 5pm. Two others were seriously injured.
Police said preliminary investigations indicated the Toyota car Taylor-Jean was travelling in towards Paengaroa crossed the centre line and collided head on with an oncoming station wagon. A third vehicle then crashed into the station wagon.
The driver of the Toyota was taken to Tauranga Hospital in a critical condition, and the driver of the station wagon was airlifted to Rotorua, also in a critical condition.
Police said inquiries were continuing and crash investigators would revisit the crash site over the next few days.
- NZPA
