The man who died after crashing into a river in the North Canterbury town of Waiau on Friday has been identified.
Police have named him as Scott William Mieras, 60, of Takaka.
On Friday evening the bus Mieras was driving careened off Rotherham Rd and into the Waiau River.
It was found sitting in about a foot of water in the river, 30km east of Hanmer Springs.
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Contractors dragged the bus out of the river just before 6am on Saturday.
Inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash were still ongoing.
Police offered "sympathies the friends and family of Mr Mieras at this sad time".