Thousadns of mourners yesterday paid homage to the 38 people who died when their bus plummeted from a flyover near Naples as they returned from a weekend away.

A 5-year-old New Zealand-born boy has been killed in a quad-bike accident in Australia.

Rescuers wielding electric saws cut through the twisted wreckage of an Italian tour bus for survivors of a crash in southern Italy that killed at least 37 people.

Taxpayers are trapped into paying compensation to a traveller who would rather be able to sue for damages over being shot in the head and left brain damaged.

A Kiwi fly-in, fly-out worker who had a conviction over a fatal road crash on one of Australia's most dangerous roads overturned says he has been "put through the wringer".

A veteran farmer and a hunter have died in separate quad bike accidents.

Skiers and older people are most at risk of injury, according to the first geographical breakdown of New Zealand accident statistics.

A mother whose son died after he was run over on a rural Waikato road says the driver responsible has yet to say he's sorry for what happened.

A motorist who drove over a pedestrian on a rural road didn't return to check what he had hit because he thought somebody else was taking care of it, an inquest has heard.

The mother and sister of a rugby player who died after a head injury at a weekend club game are devastated they did not make it to his bedside to say goodbye.

Two expert reports about an incident in which a wedding guest was run over on a Waikato road were ignored by a police crash analyst, a coroner's inquest has been told.

A man was buried from the waist down inside an underground pipe when the steep dirt walls of a deep trench collapsed around him last night.

A 9-year-boy who died when a horse bolted had tied himself to the animal with a rope around his waist, police say.

Police have released the name of the 9-year-old boy who died after being dragged by a bolting horse in Northland on Saturday.

Four people were injured, two seriously, when two cars collided in Lower Hutt this afternoon.

A 10-year old boy has died after being dragged by a bolting horse just before sunset yesterday.

Potential to kill needs to be addressed, mourning family members insist.

A 10-year-old boy was killed after his horse bolted, dragging him for some distance yesterday.

The trial of a Mosgiel man charged over the death of businessman Allan Hubbard has been adjourned this morning for a new date to be set.

The moments leading up to his plunge from the 15th floor of an Auckland apartment building remain a mystery for English tourist Tom Stilwell.

Police are investigating a fatal car crash near Marton tonight.