Tussock at Jacks Point near Queenstown may have been a factor which left a child critically injured, police say. Sergeant Steve Watt, of Queenstown, said the girl was walking with her mother along Jacks Point Rise in Kawarau Falls, near Queenstown, when she was hit by a car about 11.15am on Thursday. STUFF A 4-year-old girl was flown to Christchurch Hospital with critical injuries after being hit by a car near Queenstown on Thursday. Tussock is a common feature of the rugged mountains of the Queenstown Lakes District and Central Otago high country. The Jacks Point Rise road, which is privately owned, has a posted speed limit of 40kmh.

Source: Stuff April 18, 2019 23:15 UTC