Serious bus crash

A WOMAN has been critically injured after a bus hit a tree west of Byron Bay last weekend.

The bus, loaded with 16 passengers, came off Main Arm Rd at Mullumbimby at 10.55pm on Saturday, June 23.

Twelve passengers were taken to hospitals around the district. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter also attended.

The 56-year-old bus driver returned a negative breath test roadside.

A 28-year-old woman is in a critical condition in Lismore Base Hospital with spinal, chest and facial injuries.