{"id":649521,"date":"2026-11-03T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/649521\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:02:11","slug":"three-injured-after-buses-collide-outside-auckland-shopping-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/649521\/","title":{"rendered":"Three injured after buses collide outside Auckland shopping centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been injured in a crash between three buses outside Botany Town Centre in east Auckland this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to the crash on Chapel Rd outside Botany Downs Secondary College at about 10.50am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this stage it appears there are three people who have received moderate to minor injuries,&#8221; a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>St John said it sent two ambulances and one rapid response vehicle to the scene. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Four patients were assessed at the scene, with two currently being transported to Middlemore Hospital in a moderate condition,&#8221; a St John spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/police-were-called-to-the-crash-on-chapel-rd-outside-botany-3KORJMTTXREUXEQYRDEUMH4BEE.png\" alt=\"Police were called to the crash on Chapel Rd outside Botany Downs Secondary College at about 10.50am on Tuesday.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Police were called to the crash on Chapel Rd outside Botany Downs Secondary College at about 10.50am on Tuesday. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>Chapel Rd northbound was closed while emergency services dealt with the crash but has since reopened.<\/p>\n<p>Auckland Transport said route 31, 35 and 739 services could be delayed or cancelled. Inbound buses on those routes were detouring through Te Irirangi Dr and the Botany Mall entrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds including warnings about price hikes amid a proposed crackdown, and the number one secret to happiness. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been injured in a crash between three buses outside Botany Town Centre in east Auckland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1081,51,111,43,139,69,112],"class_list":["post-649521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-accident","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649521","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=649521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}