10-yr-old run over by water tanker

WorkSafe NZ is investigating after a 10-year-old boy was run over by a moving water tanker in north Canterbury.

The child suffered serious injuries in the incident at the Fernside horse training track yesterday afternoon around 2:30pm. 

He's believed to have been playing on the tanker when he fell under the rear wheels.

The boy remains in serious, but stable condition in intensive care.

Newshub. 

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