Bus driver killed in Parnell crash involving car and electric bus

Wednesday 22 October 2025 · 3 outlets · 5 reports · updated Thu 23 Oct 2025, 1:30pm

In this story Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Auckland Transport, Workers First Union

A bus driver has died and another person was seriously injured following a head-on collision between a car and an electric bus on Tamaki Drive. The crash occurred near Mechanics Bay shortly after 9pm on Wednesday, causing both vehicles to catch fire.

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1. RNZWed 22 Oct 2025, 11:17pm

   Major blaze and injuries after bus and car crash on Tamaki Drive, Parnell (opens in new tab)

   • Person killed, Tamaki Drive closed after fiery crash between bus and car (opens in new tab) Thu 23 Oct 2025, 8:57am
2. 1NewsThu 23 Oct 2025, 7:22am

   Bus driver killed in fiery crash with car in Auckland's Parnell (opens in new tab)

   • Person dies in crash between bus, car in Auckland's Parnell (opens in new tab) Thu 23 Oct 2025, 7:22am
3. StuffThu 23 Oct 2025, 1:30pm

   Electric bus driver killed in fiery crash in Auckland (opens in new tab)