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Joanna Kong died Sunday after being hit by a car last week.
Police have named the 5-year-old girl who died after being hit by a car at an East Auckland primary school.
She was Joanna Kong from Bucklands Beach.
Kong was taken to Starship Hospital after being hit by a car outside Pigeon Mountain Elementary School on March 23.
He died Sunday morning with his family by his side at the hospital, Manukau East County Police Chief Sgt. Anson Lin previously said.
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“Our thoughts continue to be with his family and the wider Pigeon Mountain Elementary School community at this difficult time,” police said Monday.
Police have banned a 77-year-old man related to the incident from driving.
Police said Monday that no charges had yet been filed and that the investigation is ongoing.
In an earlier message shared on the school’s website, board member Mark Eades and principal Ian Dickinson said the community would be experiencing “a variety of emotions” after the incident.
“Therefore, we must wait, try to understand and support a variety of emotions and behaviors.
“We must support the discussion about the event, the feelings it generates and the ways to respond,” the message said.
