{"id":292041,"date":"2026-02-19T17:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292041\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:40:17","slug":"investigation-into-fall-from-moving-school-bus-finds-no-fault-with-injured-west-auckland-student-or-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292041\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into fall from moving school bus finds no fault with injured West Auckland student or driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">On Wednesday, a police spokesperson said the boy had since been discharged. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">Hughes said Ritchies had carried out an \u201cimmediate safety inspection\u201d on all buses equipped with the same emergency exit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">An Auckland Transport spokesperson said the bus involved in the incident had been removed from service for inspection. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">Other buses of the same make were checked to ensure they were secure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">Ritchies  declined to comment while the investigation into the incident was underway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">A police spokesperson said the bus was travelling at a low speed when the boy fell out of the exit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe child suffered moderate to serious injuries and was transported to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe incident is currently being investigated by police, WorkSafe and the bus company involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">A WorkSafe spokesperson confirmed it had been alerted to the incident, but police were the lead agency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf police identify any potential health and safety failings as part of their inquiries, they can be referred to WorkSafe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nfOBuVOCysHhj\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, a police spokesperson said the boy had since been discharged. Hughes said Ritchies had carried out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,51,30482,19552,15974,35702,3592,38403,62381,11424,1874,71,10933,296,12898,1743,2686,101098,111,43,139,7805,69,691,4062,9631,1361,3807,102],"class_list":["post-292041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-bus","tag-driver","tag-emergency","tag-exit","tag-fall","tag-falling","tag-fault","tag-finds","tag-found","tag-from","tag-injured","tag-into","tag-investigation","tag-launched","tag-moving","tag-neither","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-no","tag-nz","tag-or","tag-school","tag-student","tag-that","tag-west","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}