A 5-year-old girl killed when the motorbike she was riding hit a fence may have panicked while on the machine, a coroner says.
Sarah Mellisa Joanne MacDonald was killed in April 2012, while riding the 50cc bike on her family's Nelson farm.
Coroner Carla na Nagara said it appeared the little girl panicked before hitting the wire strand fence.
She had been wearing a helmet and her stepfather taught her how to use the bike before starting its engine.
Sarah's older brother was also running beside her while she was riding the bike in a paddock.