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Teenager in critical condition after being hit by vehicle while leaving Waikato driveway on motorcycle

December 2, 2018

A teenager is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle while leaving a driveway on his motorcycle in Waikato.

Shortly after 6pm the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to Pukekawa to assist a male patient in his teens who had suffered multiple injuries after coming out of his driveway on a motorcycle and being hit by another vehicle.

He was flown aboard Westpac 2 to Middlemore Hospital in a critical condition.

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