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Seven-year-old girl run over in Twizel
A seven-year-old girl has died after being run over in the South Canterbury town of Twizel.
Emergency services were called about noon to the property on the outskirts of Twizel, about 150km west of Timaru, and found the girl dead at the scene.
Timaru police said the girl's father was believed to have been driving the vehicle, Fairfax reported.
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