Driver walks away after bus rolls 30 metres

The driver of a bus that rolled 30 metres down a bank today walked away unhurt.

He was the sole occupant on the bus involved in a collision with a car on State Highway 5 near Tapapa, 42km northwest of Rotorua, at 6pm, a spokesman for the Tenon Rescue Helicopter said in a statement.

The driver of the car, a 42-year-old Auckland man, was trapped for about 45 minutes before being freed by emergency workers.

He was flown to Waikato Hospital with leg injuries and was in a stable condition tonight.

- NZPA