Gisborne bus crash survivors Scott Taufa'ao and Tevita Lokotui with family supporters and medical staff at Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings. Photo: NZ Herald/fileAn arrest has been made four months after the Christmas Eve bus crash that killed three people near Gisborne. Police have arrested a 65-year-old man in relation to the crash, which happened on State Highway 2, south of Gisborne. He was arrested in Auckland on Wednesday night and has been charged with three counts of careless driving causing death and 27 counts of careless driving causing injury. The bus driver told Mediaworks the brakes suddenly gave way and the bus picked up speed.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 21, 2017 00:11 UTC