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Bus collides with two cars outside high school

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 18 Aug 2025, 8:51pm
A Whanganui High School bus collided with two cars and rolled up a bank near the school. Photo / Christopher Hirini
A Whanganui High School bus collided with two cars and rolled up a bank near the school. Photo / Christopher Hirini

Bus collides with two cars outside high school

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 18 Aug 2025, 8:51pm

Teachers and students from a Whanganui school were left stunned after a bus collided with two cars and rolled up a nearby grass bank.

Whanganui High School principal Martin McAllen posted about the incident on the school鈥檚 Facebook page.

鈥淭his afternoon we had a bus incident outside our bus bay at 3.10pm as students were finishing school for the day and heading home,鈥 he said.

鈥淭he Brunswick bus pulled out of the bus bay area and hit a car travelling along Purnell Street.

鈥淭he bus then proceeded to hit another car (with no-one inside the car) parked on the other side of Purnell Street and accelerated up the driveway of a house on the opposite side of the road; the first car (with a driver inside) spun into our green wooden fence opposite the school library.

鈥淚t is extremely fortunate that no students or adults were hit by the bus or car at any stage of the incident.

鈥淧olice Officers, Tranzit group bus representatives, a first responder and an ambulance quickly arrived on the scene and the road was blocked from traffic at both ends of our school on Purnell Street while initial assessments were carried out.鈥

Several parents of students from the school commented on Facebook, expressing their shock over the incident.

鈥淢y son witnessed it all, golly students be shook after that鈥.

Police said officers attended a two-vehicle crash involving a bus and a car on Purnell St about 3.15pm.

鈥淭here were no serious injuries. Police are making inquiries.鈥

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