5 Jan 2012

Girl killed in quad bike accident

10:54 am on 5 January 2012

Police are investigating the death of a six-year-old girl after a quad bike accident in Canterbury on New Year's Day.

Police say the girl was a passenger on a bike being driven by her father when it rolled in Leeston.

They say the investigation is proving difficult as the family are devastated.

The girl has not been named.