{"id":607609,"date":"2026-09-21T23:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/607609\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T23:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:38:13","slug":"student-injured-after-bus-collides-with-pole-signpost-falls-on-her-in-ellerslie-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/607609\/","title":{"rendered":"Student injured after bus collides with pole, signpost falls on her in Ellerslie, Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hato Hone St John said it was notified at 7.52am. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne patient was assessed and treated at the scene by the ambulance crew (minor condition and did not require transportation to hospital).\u201d<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport (AT) said it would investigate. <\/p>\n

\u201cAuckland Transport (AT) is saddened to hear about the incident in Ellerslie earlier this morning involving a bus, pole and a student. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with the injured person and their family, and we are thankful the injuries they suffered are minor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAT will be working closely with NZ Police, other emergency services, and the bus operator to understand the circumstances surrounding the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AnAn Auckland schoolgirl has been hit by a falling sign after the pole was first hit by a bus.<\/p>\n

In a photo posted to social media, the girl is lying on the ground while students in uniform and adults surround her.<\/p>\n

A local school has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

In 2024, a pedestrian was killed after a fatigued taxi driver, who had worked 30 hours in two days, reversed into a sign. <\/a><\/p>\n

Jason McEwan was walking his dog when he was hit by the sign and died at the scene. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hato Hone St John said it was notified at 7.52am. \u201cOne patient was assessed and treated at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,51,682,30482,60829,34094,8500,38403,15248,5504,1364,78,10933,111,43,139,69,90,23897,6505,299310,9631,102],"class_list":["post-607609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-being","tag-bus","tag-collides","tag-collision","tag-ellerslie","tag-falling","tag-falls","tag-following","tag-her","tag-in","tag-injured","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-pole","tag-schoolgirl","tag-signpost","tag-student","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607609","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=607609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}