Child killed in school bus accident named

Police have today released the name of the five year-old boy who was killed after being hit by a school bus at Hector on the West Coast yesterday afternoon.

He was Mahuri BETTJEMAN-MANAWATU of Hector.

Mahuri was a student at Granity School. Police are today working with the school to provide support to the other pupils, along with Victim Support staff. There were a number of children on the bus at the time of the accident.

A Police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident is under way.