Young boy critically injured after falling out of tree in Upper Hutt park

A child has been critically injured after falling out of a tree in an Upper Hutt park last night.

It’s understood the young boy was at Awakairangi Park during a game of touch rugby when the incident happened.

Police said they were called to the incident at Totara Park Rd at 4.55pm where a person had suffered a fall.

Wellington Free Ambulance also attended and took one patient to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition.

Police said inquiries into the circumstances of the incident were ongoing.

Janhavi Gosavi is a Wellington-based journalist for the New Zealand Herald who covers news in the capital.