Crowd lifts car off child after Christchurch crash

Five people, including a child have been hurt, after pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in central Christchurch.

Police said emergency services were called to an area of Fitzgerald Avenue near Hereford Street, about 2.15pm on Saturday.

Two people were taken to Christchurch Hospital, while three others in a minor condition were treated at the site.

A woman who was among the first to the scene said she helped a woman and a child who were seriously injured after a car collided with them at an intersection.

The woman told RNZ she helped some men lift the car off a boy trapped underneat

She said her daughter also helped a woman who was the boy's aunty.

Police had earlier asked motorists to avoid the area.

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