A young woman bitten by a rottweiler in a store promotion gone wrong wants to apologise to the dog's owner.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal four vehicle crash in west Auckland tonight.

An unlicensed driver has been taken to hospital after a police pursuit in Palmerston North this morning ended with a vehicle slamming into a truck.

A two-car crash which left five Rotorua Girls' High School students injured today has been "absolutely devastating", principal Annette Joyce says.

An Auckland teen has been cleared of racing with another car, which struck a schoolgirl resulting in her having part of a leg amputated.

A judge says a man who killed his younger brother in a drunken car-surfing accident would be behind bars if it was 'someone else's kid'.

The youth whose out-of-control car hit 19-year-old Amy Duncan - crushing her leg which had to be amputated - escaped jail.

A high school student was taken to hospital after a head-on crash between a school bus and a van on Auckland's Queen St today.

A school bus collided with a van on the intersection of Queen Street and Karangahape Road this afternoon. One high school student was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Many drivers are flouting the ban on cellphones and police fear talking and texting will lead to more carnage.

A freak road accident where a truck wheel came loose and killed a man in a bus on Auckland's southern motorway earlier this year is heading to court.

Two trains collided in east India, killing 61 people and injuring many more.

The US government allowed BP to keep the cap shut on its oil well for another day despite news the well is leaking.

Six people have been injured, two of those seriously, after a head-on crash in the Auckland suburb of Lynfield this morning.