Boy hit by car in critical but stable condition

10:46 am on 13 April 2019

The boy who was injured when he was hit by a car in South Auckland yesterday is in a critical but stable condition in Starship Hospital.

Close up of a St John ambulance on a residential street.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

The boy was hit by a car on the road outside a house in Ōtara at about 3pm, police said.

He was taken to Starship Hospital.

Police are investigating what happened, but no charges have yet been laid.