{"id":296916,"date":"2025-10-06T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=296916"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:07:58","slug":"passengers-rescued-after-v-line-bus-crashes-near-victorian-town-of-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=296916","title":{"rendered":"Passengers rescued after V\/Line bus crashes near Victorian town of Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Passengers are being treated for minor injuries after a V\/Line bus plunged 2.5 metres down an embankment in Victoria&#8217;s south-east, prompting a high-angle rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency services were called to the scene on Fish Creek-Foster Road in Foster, 170 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, just before noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Country Fire Authority spokesperson said three CFA units were at the scene alongside Fire Rescue Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Upon arrival, crews found a bus sitting on angle, approximately 2.5 metres down an embankment,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Crews are currently stabilising the bus using a rope system.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-4.04.49-PM-937x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-4.04.49-PM-937x1024.png 937w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-4.04.49-PM-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-4.04.49-PM-768x840.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-4.04.49-PM.png 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 9:02 Southern Cross to Yarram bus was carrying 11 passengers at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria Police said all 12 people on board, including the driver, were rescued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those with minor injuries were treated by Ambulance Victoria paramedics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" id=\"105857360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/246bbac75f69dab9246ce7521b5ad91f.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/246bbac75f69dab9246ce7521b5ad91f.avif 862w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/246bbac75f69dab9246ce7521b5ad91f-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/246bbac75f69dab9246ce7521b5ad91f-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emergency services were called to the high-angle rescue.&nbsp;&nbsp;(ABC News: Danielle Pope)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A V\/Line spokesperson said it was working with emergency services to understand what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The safety of passengers and staff is our priority and we are working with emergency services following a road incident at Foster,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" id=\"105858340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ffa20d2b8ac67b6b87c13ff882cfeed0.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ffa20d2b8ac67b6b87c13ff882cfeed0.avif 862w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ffa20d2b8ac67b6b87c13ff882cfeed0-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ffa20d2b8ac67b6b87c13ff882cfeed0-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The bus crashed down an embankment on Fish Creek-Foster Road.&nbsp;(ABC News: Tavleen Singh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Uninjured passengers were transported to nearby Fish Creek to continue their journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: ABC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers are being treated for minor injuries after a V\/Line bus plunged 2.5 metres down an embankment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":296920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,186],"tags":[993,8],"class_list":["post-296916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","category-v-line","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296921,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296916\/revisions\/296921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/296920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}