Girl, 8, killed in Kaimais crash
An eight-year-old Katikati girl has been killed in a three-car crash in the Kaimai Ranges which left seven people in hospital.
The accident happened on State Highway 29, the main road between Tauranga and the Waikato, late on Thursday afternoon.
Police on Friday named the dead girl as Jasnoor Kaur.
Police say she was a rear seat passenger in a car that was struck by another which had crossed the centreline on a bend.
Four others in the car she was in were taken to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries and the driver of the car that crossed the centreline was taken to Tauranga Hospital in a serious condition.
Two others in a third car that was involved in the crash suffered moderate injuries.
