A child is in a serious condition after being hit by a vehicle in the Bay of Plenty.
Police were notified at 8.40am that a person had been struck by a car on Te Teko Rd.
A Hato Hone St John spokesperson said one ambulance, two operations managers, and one helicopter went to the scene.
“One patient, in a serious condition, is being airlifted to Waikato Hospital.”
A police spokesman confirmed this afternoon the injured person was a child.