A bus driver has suffered serious injuries after crashing into a ditch near Wairoa on Monday.
Emergency services responded to the scene on Hereheretau Rd in Whakaki at 4pm.
Police said that it was a single car crash with a school bus crashing into a ditch.
St John were also on the scene treating the driver with a helicopter on the way to fly the patient to Hawke's Bay Hospital.
Police say the road wasn't blocked by the incident.
