A 3-year old and her grandmother are fighting for their lives following a car crash.

The last couple of days have been a blur for Melyssa Palmeira.

"Mum was a wonderful person with a very big heart."

A coroner's inquest into 2016's fatal Dreamworld tragedy has delivered damning findings.

'Mum was a wonderful person with a very big heart,' daughter tells inquest in statement.

"He was crying, it was very weak," witness says of baby pulled from crashed vehicle.

Redoubt Rd in Goodwood Heights has been closed and one person left with serious injuries.

The two-vehicle crash in the town of Tahuna was reported to police around 10.35am.

Emergency services are rushing to the crash involving three people in Riverton.

Naomi McRae died of her injuries after a serious crash in Karaka last week.

Family overwhelmed by support from community and around the world.

Grandmother dies after freak accident during rugby game.

After a cyclist and courier driver collided, the driver continued to "blame the cyclist".

Linwood Road in Karaka, south of Auckland, is closed after a serious crash.

A crash involving at least three vehicles has caused major delays for commuters.

They have been taken to Christchurch Hospital.

A chopper has been called to take one seriously injured person to hospital.

A mum dragged under a bus with her baby daughter feared they wouldn't survive.

Worksafe has been notified.

A Christchurch landlord claims he felt threatened after his tenant 'lunged towards me'.

Police attended the event after 8pm today off State Highway 6, Okaramio.

"Extremely hard" landing led Beatriz Martinez-Martin, 19, to break her L3 spinal segment.

The highway is closed after the single vehicle crash.

If she hadn't been wearing a hot pink top, she might have lost her life too.

Figures show that many more people were killed on the job than previously thought.

The crash involved one vehicle, police say.

Commuters have been warned to expect delays.

One person has lifethreatening injuries following the crash on Waerenga Rd.

The person was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

The person had to be rescued from the water below the cliff.