Boy, 4, dead after crash

A four year-old boy is dead after a crash in Norsewood, north of Dannevirke.

The vehicle he was travelling in lost control and crashed shortly after 6pm last night.

Police said a woman was driving on Jens Anderson Rd in a rural area near Norsewood when she lost control of her car on a sharp right-hand bend and crashed into a stand of trees.

The child was sitting in the back of the car and died shortly after from severe head injuries, while the mother received minor injuries.

- NZHERALD STAFF, NZPA