Firefighters are mopping up molasses pouring over a road.

The two-car crash has left one person trapped in their vehicle.

Ambulance services at the scene of a car chase accident on the corner of Wheturangi Rd & Campbell road in Greenlane. / Jason Oxenham

Firefighters are working to free them. Police are at the scene at Whangarei Heads Rd.

Aylesbury air traffic control had been shut due to "staff shortages".

The car is down a steep bank and those inside are awaiting rescue.

Motorists travelling on the Kaimai Ranges are being told to take a different route.

A driver in a police chase travelled more than 20km before he crashed near Whanganui.

They went for a drive along a beach on wet sand. It didn't end well.

Two car crashes are causing mayhem on Tauranga roads this morning.

The crash happened around 6.25pm on State Highway 1 in the Rangitikei district.

A person has been seriously injured in a crash involving a motorbike and car in Clinton.

An eight-year-old girl is fighting for her life after crashing her car in a drag race.

After a possible "accident" at a nuclear facility in Russia or Kazakhstan.

People were initially trapped after the crash, but have been freed.

A truck carrying fruit plunged off the road and into river flowing through gorge.

A young girl has serious head injuries after an Auckland playground mishap.

Traffic has slowed to a crawl on the Mangere Bridge after at least three cars crashed.

Woman killed after a crash in Taranaki was Canadian national Angelika Melisa Loukas.

"He was a very loved little boy - he still is."

The crash happened at a major intersection in Addington, Christchurch.

A Hamilton woman has no memory of the moment a rock smashed through her windscreen.

Engineer says first finding was wrong and truth will 'come out' at inquest.

We are just two away from last year's tragic road toll with eight dead in nine hours.

The crash happened on Kaiwaitau Rd in Mahia about 8.45pm, police say.

The annual racing event took a tragic turn after the man fell from a yacht.

Traffic pressure on the Lewis Pass since the Kaikoura quake may have led to a fatal crash.

Two people are also fighting for their lives after separate crashes.

The crash has blocked State Highway 1 in both directions.

German woman one of three people killed in fatal crash at Oakleigh.