A pedestrian is critically injured after they were struck by a sightseeing bus in Gillies Ave, Epsom on Wednesday morning.
St John said it transported a person with critical injuries to hospital after the crash near the intersection of Gillies and Alpers Ave. It was called to the scene at 9.19am, a St John spokeswoman said.
A woman working at a nearby business said the vehicle involved in the collision with the pedestrian was a blue and yellow Auckland Explorer sightseeing tour bus, with its upper deck exposed.
A statement supplied by a manager from Explorer Bus, who did not give their name, confirmed the incident involved a bus belonging to the company.
“An investigation is under way and it appears that a pedestrian has stepped out in front of a moving bus which was unable stop in time,” the manager said.
