Harbour Bridger U-turn bus driver was suffering a 'medical event' - Police
A three-point turn that will go down in NZ transport history.
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The bus driver involved in perhaps New Zealand's most famous three-point-turn was suffering a "medical event," Police say, and was taken to hospital for "medical checks."
At around 1pm yesterday Police were called to reports of a bus travelling north in the southbound lanes over the Harbour Bridge.
Minutes earlier the passenger bus had been travelling south in Lane 1 (the outside lane closest to Sky Tower). It had travelled over the bridge towards Auckland city and had taken the Shelly Beach off-ramp. It came to a stop at the Shelly Beach off-ramp and blocked traffic. The vehicle then attempted to do a U-turn.
Cars travelling in lanes 2 & 3 saw this happen, and came to a stop, Police say.
The bus then travelled up the Harbour Bridge northbound, back towards the North Shore, in the lanes reserved for traffic heading south.
A truck in lane 3 stopped the bus and other cars also pulled over to assist.
A Police Motorways Patrol officer reversed the bus back down the bridge.
The bus driver has been taken to hospital for medical checks.
"We'll be speaking with the driver and doing further investigation. At this stage it appears this was caused by a medical event" says Inspector Mark Fergus, Waitemata Road Policing Manager.
"We're relieved that no-one was injured and we'd especially like to thank the driver of the truck and other motorists who assisted at the scene"
NBR staff
Tue, 27 Aug 2013
Tue, 27 Aug 2013
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Harbour Bridger U-turn bus driver was suffering a 'medical event' - Police
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