3 Aug 2012

Bus driver suspended after train drama

6:09 am on 3 August 2012

An Auckland bus driver was suspended from work, after she left her bus which had stalled on a railway crossing, to alert an oncoming train.

The driver had finished her passenger run when the bus stalled at the Victoria Street intersection in Onehunga on Monday morning and she ran along the railway track to alert the train driver.

Unknown to her, her boss was in a car behind the bus and witnessed the incident.

The driver was suspended from work, with NZ Bus, accusing her of serious misconduct, but was re-instated on Thursday after meeting with the Tramways Union and the company.

One of the driver's colleagues said that had she followed procedure and radioed to the control room, she probably would not be alive today.