Child run over in driveway near Matata

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UPDATE: A child has been run over by a car in a driveway near Matata.

The incident occured at about 9.40am today at a property on Herepuru Rd.

St John ambulance communications team manager Norm Ngatai said the 8-year-old boy was reported to have fallen from a ute and subsequently run over.

He was transported to Whakatane Hospital with serious injuries.

Fire, police and ambulance were called to the private rural address.