A school bus driver has received the support of Go Bus after a teenage boy sustained serious injuries after jumping from the bus in Hawke's Bay.
Emergency services attended the scene on High Street, Waipawa, at 3.30pm on Friday and an St Johns Ambulance transported the boy to hospital.
According to a bystander, the boy was meant to get off the bus in Waipawa for a doctor's appointment.
He hit the emergency stop button, threw his bag out of the door and "jumped after it", according to the witness.
Another bystander said the boy was unconscious.