Thursday, July 5

Four Chinese tourists have been badly injured in a bus crash near Te Anau, after the coach slid on black ice, flipped onto its side and hit a power pole. The accident happened on Thursday morning on the Te Anau-Mossburn Highway, or State Highway 94, about 4km north of Mossburn. The coach, operated by Worldway Travel and carrying 30 people, had been travelling behind another bus at about 40-50km/h when it hit the ice, spun 180 degrees and went off the road backwards, police said. It landed on its side and hit the power pole.

Photo by SNPA Jul 2, 2012