Police have named a three-year-old girl killed yesterday when the vehicle she was travelling in crashed off the Whanganui River Road, north of Wanganui.
She was Jah Angel Harmony Caroline Pauro, of Ranana, 60km north of Wanganui.
Jah and her mother, 28, were heading upriver about 9.30am yesterday when their four-wheel-drive vehicle left the road on a bend near Jerusalem, Taupo-based Lion Foundation Rescue Helicopter manager Dan Harcourt said.
The vehicle rolled about 20m down a bank coming to rest in trees near the river.
Senior Sergeant Mark Chillingworth of Wanganui police said the driver was able to get up the bank to the road to get help but her daughter died at the scene.
The driver had moderate injuries and was taken to Wanganui Hospital by the Lion Foundation helicopter.
- NZPA
Three-year-old killed in crash
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