The pile of logs where the 5-year-old died were from trees cut down on the grounds of Motueka High School. File photo / Thinkstock
There was no fencing around a stack of logs in the grounds of a Motueka school where a 5-year-old was killed last night, police said.
The boy was playing near a stack of newly-cut logs on Motueka High's rugby field when the incident happened about 5.45pm.
A group of children
were playing on top of the pile, stacked three to four logs high, when one became dislodged, said Acting Senior Sergeant Rob Crawford.
"They were playing on top of the logs and jumping up and down on them and we think their actions have caused the log to become loose and roll off the stack,'' Mr Crawford told Radio New Zealand.
The logs were cut on Wednesday night from some dangerous dead trees on the grounds and had been stacked for removal today.
