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Crash traps driver on rail lines

A seriously injured driver lay trapped in his crashed truck across railway lines for more than an hour in Waikato last night.

Man injured after truck falls four metres from bridge

A man is in hospital after his light truck crashed through a bridge barrier and tumbled four metres onto a stream bank in the Hawkes Bay.

Rules 'turn roads over to criminals'

Police need to be able to pursue drivers "otherwise we turn the roads over to the criminals," says New Zealand Police Association vice-president Stuart Mills.

Victim fights for farm bike safety

Emily Mott woke up feeling dizzy days after falling off a quad bike and hitting her head on a rock while working on a dairy farm near Dannevirke.

Eight die in weekend road carnage

Two people died in a four-car crash in Northland yesterday afternoon during a weekend of road carnage that claimed eight lives.

Boy bowled over at blackspot

Was I hit by a car, Mum? Those were the first words Danielle Franklin heard her 9-year-old son say.

Kerre McIvor: Blame offenders, not police

Kerre McIvor says the media must stop inferring that police are somehow at fault with pursuits that end tragically.

Car rally ends in tragedy

One person hospitalised after head-on crash

One person has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries following a collision in Paekakariki, north of Porirua.

Fears for boy stuck in machine

A 4-year-old boy had his arm stuck in a Coca-Cola vending machine for 45 minutes as his grandmother feared he'd crushed his fingers.

Missing tourist officially ruled dead by coroner

Man killed in crash north of Wellington named

Mother and boy, 4, spend night trapped at bottom of bank

Two rescued from helicopter in water

A helicopter which went down in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour was the first of its kind and was due to feature in a helicopter expo in Russia in a few days.

Editorial: Adventure tourism must ensure safety

Editorial: New Zealand must be very careful to ensure it is seen as a place where adventure can be had without an undue endangering of life.

Crash company couldn't be charged

The Civil Aviation Authority may have been able to pursue legal action against the pilot involved in the Fox Glacier tragedy had he survived, but it was unable to lay charges against the company responsible for the ill-fated operation.