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Person in serious condition after being hit, then trapped under a Napier bus

July 5, 2019
A bus driver at the wheel.

A bus driver at the wheel.

One person is in a serious condition after being hit, then trapped under a Napier bus this evening.

A St John spokesperson said they have transferred the patient to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in a serious condition after they were trapped under a bus for five minutes around 5:20pm.

Fire and Emergency told 1 NEWS crews used airbags to lift the bus and extricate the person.

The incident happened at the intersection of Tennyson Street and Wellesley Road.


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