A two-year-old child has died after a motorbike crashed into a group of pedestrians in Palmerston North. Emergency services were called to the crash involving a motorbike and five pedestrians along Pioneer Highway in Palmerston North at 7.02pm last night. This morning, a police released a statement saying a two-year-old child died following the crash. Police confirmed the motorbike rider was on a shared walking and cycling track when they hit the group of pedestrians. St Johns were called at 1.31am this morning to a traffic incident involving two cars in Hawthorndale.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 27, 2019 20:37 UTC