
Critical injuries: SH2 reopens after crash in Karangahake Gorge
Motorists have been warned to expect delays until congestion has cleared.
Motorists have been warned to expect delays until congestion has cleared.
Driver dies at scene of fatal crash at Haruru, near Paihia
Police arrived on Wairere Dr in Queenwood at around 7.12am.
A 33-floor skyscraper in Bangkok collapsed during Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake.
One person was killed; another was cut from the wreckage with critical injuries.
Two people are badly injured after separate accidents in the South Island.
The badly-injured person has been flown to Dunedin Hospital for treatment.
SH2 near Mangatāwhiri is closed in both directions, causing significant delays.
Thirty-nine tourists were rescued, and investigations are under way.
The crash happened during what the union called the 'dangerous hours' for drivers.
A person with moderate injuries was taken to Whanganui Hospital.
The staff member is in hospital, while four students are recovering at home.
Seventeen people have been injured in three crashes across the region over the weekend.
Up to five pedestrians are understood to be injured following an incident on Auckland's Symonds St. Video / Supplied
Four ambulances and four helicopters were sent to the scene.
The crash occurred shortly before midnight.
The state highway was closed for several hours after the crash.
One passenger even gave him a neck massage to try and keep him awake while driving.
The women clutched each other as the freight train edged closer.
The incident was caught on CCTV outside an Auckland central apartment block.
The fatal accident occurred on Main North Rd near Ohanga Rd.
The accident is the second time a person has been hit by a train in the past week.
One person was airlifted in a serious condition.
The victim's flatmate describes how he spoke to him only a few hours earlier.
A man was killed after the car crashed into him on a busy city street.
The man died after a car allegedly fleeing police crashed into him on a busy city street.
Husband pulled the car off his wife, who thought she was 'going to die'.
The woman woke up to 'pressure on her chest' and thought she was 'going to die'.
The man suffered third-degree burns to his penis, groin and inner thighs in the incident.
A local woman said she had pulled five toddlers off the same stretch of train tracks.