Eight ambulances were being sent to the crash where the bus is partially submerged in water, along with multiple police and fire service vehicles. Photo NZ HeraldOne person was trapped and partially submerged in water after a bus crashed six metres down a Tongariro National Park bank, injuring at least 15. The woman, initially trapped and partially submerged in water, had been freed from the 20-seater bus. SH48 is the road that leads to Whakapapa Village and Mt Ruapehu in the Central North Island. A staff member at Skotel Alpine Resort in Whakapapa Village said the weather was "cloudy and misty".

Source: Otago Daily Times January 14, 2017 21:11 UTC