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![Woman hit by train still critical](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman hit by train still critical
A wheelchair-bound woman who was hit by a freight train in Auckland remains in a critical condition following a desperate rescue attempt.
![Trio's brush with death on rail line](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Trio's brush with death on rail line
It looked look a simple task of helping a woman whose wheelchair was stuck on train tracks. But Matthieu Mereau was soon locked in a desperate struggle for her life and his own.
![Teen joyrider faces eight charges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teen joyrider faces eight charges
A man was watching the end of an international cricket match in his lounge when a police pursuit came to a dramatic end outside his doorstep.
![Man run over, killed by forklift](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man run over, killed by forklift
A worker run over and killed by a forklift in an early morning industrial accident in Christchurch today has been named.
![Man crashes into pole after police end pursuit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man crashes into pole after police end pursuit
A Whangarei man was taken to hospital after crashing into a power pole shortly after police abandoned a pursuit of his car.
![Man hospitalised after being hit by car near Dipton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man hospitalised after being hit by car near Dipton
A man is in intensive care at Dunedin Hospital after he was hit by a car near Dipton last night.
![Cyclist: I should be dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cyclist: I should be dead
What's the first thing that goes through a cyclist's head when he is hit from behind by a car travelling at nearly 100km/h?
![Korean man dies on Milford Track tramp](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Korean man dies on Milford Track tramp
A Korean man has died tramping on the Milford Track.
![Cliff jumper missed water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cliff jumper missed water
A man who jumped from a cliff towards a water hole and missed has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
![Crash prompts police to remind motorists to rest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crash prompts police to remind motorists to rest
A man who crashed his ute on the outskirts of Hamilton this morning could have been trapped for hours if a witness hadn't seen the vehicle career across a paddock and into a creek.
![Bus driver convicted over crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bus driver convicted over crash
A Go Bus driver who was carrying 19 Bethlehem College students when he collided with a ute on State Highway 2 has been convicted of careless driving and discharged.
![Woman dies in head-on smash with truck near Gisborne](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman dies in head-on smash with truck near Gisborne
A woman died in a head-on smash between people-mover and an articulated truck in Ormond township, near Gisborne, early this morning.
![Off-duty soldier killed by truck named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Off-duty soldier killed by truck named
The Australian soldier who died after being struck by a truck and trailer on Saturday, February 16, has been named.
![Turangi crash victim named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Turangi crash victim named
The man who was killed when his ute crashed into a tree north of Turangi on Wednesday night has been named by police.
![Racing link in teen's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Racing link in teen's death
Police have made an urgent appeal about racing cars linked to a crash which killed a Napier teen only hours before she would have started a hairdressing course.
![Victim warns of car-surfing dangers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Victim warns of car-surfing dangers
Every time Mosgiel resident Nick Vermeulen looks in the mirror, the consequences of his actions are reflected in the asymmetry of his face.
![Police look at spare tyre after fatal crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police look at spare tyre after fatal crash
Police are investigating whether a space-saver wheel played a part in the crash which killed a Rotorua mother.
![Elderly woman in critical condition after bus shelter crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Elderly woman in critical condition after bus shelter crash
An elderly woman is in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital after a car ploughed into the bus shelter she was waiting in with her two grandchildren in Auckland yesterday.
![Marlborough Sounds car plunge victim named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Marlborough Sounds car plunge victim named
Police have named a man who died after his car plunged more than 150m off a bank in the Marlborough Sounds on Monday.
![Judge: Passenger's brake stunt 'stupid'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Judge: Passenger's brake stunt 'stupid'
A man has been convicted of careless driving causing injury, despite the fact he wasn't driving the car that crashed, injuring him and his mother.
![Riding with the Pac men](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Riding with the Pac men
Martin lies in agony, his clavicle broken and three fingers mangled beyond recognition. He has no idea what is about to happen.