New Zealand
1News

One dead after bus, car crash in Lower Hutt

March 4, 2023
A police car (file picture).

A police car (file picture). (Source: istock.com)

One person is dead after a crash involving a car and a bus in Lower Hutt yesterday afternoon.

The crash on Molesworth Street, Taitā was reported to police about 4.45pm.

"Sadly, the driver of the bus has died in hospital," police said in a statement.

"The driver of the car has no reported injuries."

Police are now appealing for witnesses, asking anyone who saw the incident - including passengers on the bus - to get in touch.

Anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage of the crash is also asked to call police on 105.

New ZealandWellington

SHARE ME

More Stories

Michael Wahrlich, Melvin Parun, Peter O'Sullivan, Kenneth Barnard and Liam Hockings died in the Loafers Lodge fire.

Loafers Lodge: Final movements of men killed played in court

Crown has finished presenting its case in the trial of a 50-year-old man accused of arson and murder and his lawyers, who are pursuing a defence of insanity will open next Monday.

Friday 6:41pm

2:44

Jack's bench washed up on Waikanae Beach on the Kāpiti Coast.

Memorial bench swept away in Tasman floods washes up on Kāpiti Coast

Months after vanishing in severe flooding, Jack Robertson's bench was found 185km away on Waikanae Beach – near his grandparent's resting place.

Friday 5:43pm

'We need to stop the bleeding': The homeowners who bought in a market high

'We need to stop the bleeding': The homeowners who bought in a market high

The latest property data shows average home values in the capital have dropped by as much as 30%, since the heights of January 2022.

Friday 8:55am

1:31

A proofing and printing error caused the omission of South Wairarapa’s Māori ward candidate profiles from voting documents.

Another Māori ward error: South Wairarapa profiles missing

Apologies have been made to candidates Andrea Rutene and Whitu Karauna but they labelled the omission a "serious failure of democratic process".

Thu, Sep 11

Charges dropped over death of woman in Paraparaumu

Charges dropped over death of woman in Paraparaumu

A 31-year-old man was charged with assault and breach of protection order on Wednesday.

Thu, Sep 11

A person carrying out a blood sugar test (file image).

13,000 patients receive inaccurate diabetes lab results

About 13,000 patients in Wellington and Taranaki have been contacted by Awanui Labs after receiving inaccurate lab results for a diabetes test.

Thu, Sep 11

Latest

Popular

58 mins ago

Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Russia's east coast

The 7.4 magnitude quake struck off the East Coast of Russia

3:05pm

Relic of Catholic Church's first millennial saint stolen from parish

Pilgrims arrive for the canonization Mass of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025

2:35pm

'No idea the fire that you have ignited': Charlie Kirk's widow speaks

4:13

Sisters Clara Hetland, 4, left, Haddie Hetland, center, 9, and Audra Hetland 6, of Surprise, Ariz., spend time at a makeshift memorial set up at Turning Point USA headquarters after the shooting death at a Utah college on Wednesday of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of the organization, Thursday, September 11, 2025, in Phoenix.

2:04pm

Sawn-off shotgun, 'substantial amount of cocaine' found in vehicle

A firearm located during the vehicle stop.

1:36pm

Photos: Tens of thousands join pro-Palestine march through Auckland CBD

Pro-Palestine supporters march down Auckland's Queen St.

1:10pm

South Korean workers return home following US immigration raid

South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia arrive at the Incheon International Airport, in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025
1
2
3
4
5
6

More from Entertainment

The David Bowie Centre, a new archive at the V&A East Storehouse in London.

David Bowie archive in London chronicles 50 years of creativity

Tantalising details of abandoned and unfinished ideas are revealed in Bowie’s archive.

Thu, Sep 11

Members of the Star Trek crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film at Paramount Studios on Dec. 28, 1988.

Star Trek plans packed celebration for the franchise's 60th anniversary

The sci-fi series began with the TV series that debuted in 1966 and has since sprawled into a multibillion-dollar cultural phenomenon.

Tue, Sep 9

Brad Pitt appears in new ad filmed in Queenstown by Taika Waititi

Brad Pitt appears in new ad filmed in Queenstown by Taika Waititi

Tue, Sep 9

The loves and struggles of NZ’s teen dads

The loves and struggles of NZ’s teen dads

Mon, Sep 8

Mark Labbett, The Beast

'The Beast' branded 'worst loser in the world' by fellow Chaser

Sun, Sep 7