Five injured as bus crashes into fence in Lower Hutt

2:42 pm on 22 November 2021

Five passengers were injured when a bus crashed into a fence in Lower Hutt.

Bus crash in Lower Hutt

Bus crash in Lower Hutt Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

The Metlink service was travelling east on Knights Rd just before 11am on Monday when it hit a parked car, veered across the road and crashed into the fences of two houses, police said.

The bus driver may have had a medical event and was receiving medical assistance, they said.

Bus crash in Lower Hutt

Bus crash in Lower Hutt Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

The passengers received minor injures.

Wellington Free Ambulance took one person to Hutt Hospital and the rest were treated at the scene, the ambulance service said.