The Park Rd intersection where a six-year-old girl was struck by a truck. PHOTO/ALECIA ROUSSEAU
The Park Rd intersection where a six-year-old girl was struck by a truck. PHOTO/ALECIA ROUSSEAU
A young girl hit by a truck in Palmerston North yesterday morning has been transferred to Starship Hospital.
Midcentral District Health Board spokesman Dennis Geddis said the child had been moved yesterday afternoon.
A spokeswoman from the Auckland District Health Board said the 6-year-old remained in a serious but stablecondition. She said there was no other information available at this time.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Park Road just after 10am yesterday morning.
The road is busy thoroughfare for those going to work and several schools in the area, with a swimming sports day also being held at the nearby Lido pool.
