{"id":304338,"date":"2026-02-27T04:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304338\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:54:13","slug":"pedestrian-in-serious-condition-after-being-hit-by-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304338\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian in serious condition after being hit by bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-odt-landscape-large-4-3\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wellingtonbus.png\" width=\"630\" height=\"512\" alt=\"Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Samuel Rillstone\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Samuel Rillstone<\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being hit by a bus in central Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were alerted to the crash on Willis Street at around 10am on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington Free Ambulance confirmed the person was taken to Wellington Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Metlink operations senior manager Paul Tawharu said bus driver involved was shaken but unhurt.<\/p>\n<p>Tawharu said the bus had been released by police back to the Metlink depot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bus operator is helping police with their investigation, including sharing CCTV footage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Metlink is grateful for the swift arrival of emergency services and advises passengers there may be delays while bus services return to their normal timetables.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are advised to avoid the area where possible, and expect delays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/588139\/wellington-pedestrian-seriously-hurt-after-being-hit-by-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"2\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rnz010126.jpg\" width=\"930\" height=\"130\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Samuel Rillstone A pedestrian has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being hit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-304338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304338","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=304338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}