‘Pure evil’: Hastings girl hit and dragged in car while walking home from school

An 8-year-old girl was “traumatized” after being hit and dragged by a car in Hastings while walking home from school.

The boy was hit by a car at the corner of Oliphant Rd and Southland Rd, in the suburb of Raureka, around 5 p.m. Friday.

A family spokeswoman said the driver of an unknown white car continued to drive after hitting the boy.

Police received a report of the incident, but the family is asking the culprit to turn himself in.

“They beat her and continued to drive with her tied to her car; she somehow managed to get away from the car,” the family spokeswoman said.

“It’s pure evil and you have to find them.”

A couple driving behind the car stopped to check on the girl, who sustained minor injuries, including a scratch on her leg.

The spokeswoman said two women, one with black hair and one with red hair, were seen in the white car.

“It all happened too fast that you couldn’t get a license plate number,” he said.

“We are a tight-knit community and it could only take a stranger to cause that accident and not acknowledge it.”