15-year-old Reporoa boy in a stable condition

Friday, 31 December 2010, 3:49 pm
Press Release: Waikato District Health Board

A 15-year-old Reporoa boy is in a stable condition in a ward at Waikato Hospital today.

He was a passenger in a ute tray when it rolled on Reporoa's Rakau Rd, northeast of Taupo, at 1.45pm on Wednesday .

A 16-year-old boy died at the scene.

The teenager was transported to Waikato Hospital by Taupo's Youthtown Helicopter.

Meanwhile the 52-year-old Hamilton man pinned under his bus outside Waikato Hospital's carpark building, also on Wednesday, is in a serious condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit.

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