A school bus has rolled on a rural road in Hawke’s Bay, with one person taken to hospital in a serious condition.

Police were told of the single-vehicle crash on Kereru Rd, between Mangatahi Rd and Dasent Rd in Maraekakaho, at 7.45am on Monday.

One child was on the bus with the driver when the crash happened.

Police notified Hastings District Council of black ice on the road and asked the council to organise signage to warn motorists of slippery roads in the area.

A Hato Hone St John spokesperson assessed two people at the scene and transported the driver to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in a serious condition.

The school bus crash on Kereru Rd, Maraekakaho, Hastings District. Photo / Jack Riddell

MetService meteorologist Alwyn Bakker said the air temperature for the area on Monday morning was sitting around 0C.

Bakker said there would have been “decent amounts” of ice in sheltered places around the district on Monday morning.

“Air surface can get extremely cold overnight compared to the air temperature, so it can form ice if conditions are a bit damp and that can be very hazardous, which unfortunately, it sounds like it has been,” he said.

Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke’s Bay Today and has worked in radio and media in Auckland, London, Berlin, and Napier.