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A man hugs a bus driver after a woman was hit by a bus in central Dunedin yesterday afternoon, suffering moderate injuries. The incident was reported shortly before 4pm in George St near the Octagon.
A Ritchies bus was pulled over to the side of the road as police interviewed witnesses and the woman was treated in an ambulance.
A police officer at the scene said the woman hit by the bus remained conscious.
St John spokesman Gerard Campbell said the woman was taken to Dunedin Hospital.