Pedestrian dies after crash in Wellington

7:05 am on 4 April 2021

Emergency services in Wellington have spent the night responding to a fatal crash involving a bus and a male pedestrian in the central city.

A pedestrian has been seriously injured after being hit by a bus in central Wellington.

Police are at the site of a fatal crash involving a bus in the capital's CBD. (file pic) Photo: RNZ

Police were alerted to the incident on Taranaki Street just before 10pm.

The street was cordoned off between Vivian and Bidwell Streets.

Cordons have now been lifted and the road is open.

A police spokesperson said the bus driver was shaken but uninjured in the crash.