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A little girl was sitting on a loose plywood platform on a quad bike when she fell into the path of a mower it was towing and was badly injured.
Her father, who had been driving the bike, and another relative, rushed to the girl's aid but she was already in a "dire condition" and died at the scene.
Coroner Peter Ryan has released his inquest findings after investigating the 7-year-old girl's death on a farm in Hawke's Bay in March last year.
His report comes with a warning to the rural com
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