By Shawn McAvinue
Go Bus has admitted ''an error in judgment'' allowing a driver to return to work the day after a bus and a youth ended up in a ditch in Karitane.
But the bus company denies the medical event the driver suffered behind the wheel of a public bus the next day - that resulted in his being rushed to hospital - was related to the earlier crash.
Go Bus operations director Nigel Piper said it was an ''unfortunate coincidence'' that the same driver who operated the bus that forced pedestrian Tawera Montgomery, 16, into a ditch in Karitane on Thursday suffered a ''medical event'' when driving another public Go Bus in Karitane.
"At this time there is no evidence the two incidents were related," Piper said.