Several carriages of a passenger train fell into water after floods knocked out a bridge in China.

Families who lost loved ones in NZ's worst air crash nearly 31 years ago have been asked to register for a ballot for 80 seats on a RNZAF commemorative flight to Antarctica.

NZ will foot the bill to investigate the sinking of the Oyang 70 even though it was registered in Korea and sank in international waters.

The operator of a fishing ship is "shell-shocked" after three crew died and another three were lost, presumed dead, in waters off NZ.

One lane of the southern link onto the Southern Motorway from the port has been closed after a truck struck an overhead gantry at 3pm today.

A lone bee has been blamed for a truck crash that cut power to more than 1700 homes and put the driver in hospital.

An NZ motorcyclist died instantly when he lost control and crashed at speed during a race on the Isle of Man, a British inquest has been told.

A woman who fled an alcohol checkpoint and caused a crash that killed Penelope Phillips, above, has been sentenced to home detention.

A man was run over and killed by a rubbish truck in South Auckland this morning, say police.

An off-road truck sailed off a jump and hurtled into a crowd at a race in the California desert.

A man's arm was amputated on a Sydney road after he was hit by a drunk driver.

The 18-year-old who fell from a central Auckland car parking building denies she had taken Ecstasy.