A tour bus driver has been sentenced to 200 hours' community service and disqualified from driving for nine months after a bus crash near Queenstown that caused a girl to lose both hands and a woman to lose an arm. READ MORE:* Man charged after two people died in Otago crash named* Man seriously injured after single-vehicle crash near Queenstown* Two tourists in hospital with 'traumatic injuries' after serious Queenstown bus crashThe Awing Travel NZ Ltd bus and trailer tipped on to its side and skidded for about 40m after Fang lost control on a downhill bend about 10km from central Queenstown. HAMISH MCNEILLY/STUFF The Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter arrives at Dunedin Hospital with a patient injured from a Queenstown bus crash. Judge Strettell said Fang had been resident in New Zealand since 2016 and employed as a bus driver. "This is a case that has significance for all bus drivers and professional drivers.

Source: Stuff June 02, 2020 03:51 UTC