Mediaworks journalist Karen Rutherford has spoken out for the first time since she was hit by a car while horse riding.

The family of a London-based Kiwi woman who died after fracturing her skull in a cycling accident say they are struggling with the loss.

Firefighters in the wider Wellington area were kept busy today with two car accidents.

A 33-year-old mother has died while rescuing her two-year-old son who had fallen into a lake in Utah from a boat they were travelling in.

More than 200 Kiwi kids under 10 have been injured while riding all-terrain vehicles in the previous two years - to the cost of $81,880.

Chinese national Limin Ma has admitted causing the death of Dunedin man Riley Baker in a head-on crash when he crossed the centre line to view the ocean.

Chinese national Limin Ma has pleaded guilty over the crash which killed young Dunedin photographer Riley Baker.

The crash has closed part of a motorway off-ramp, Nielsen Street and Onehunga Mall; causing significant traffic delays.

The little boy killed in a quad bike accident at the weekend loved motorbikes and would ride circuits around the family's rural property.

A woman is injured after two cars collided in Dunedin.

A newborn baby has been flown to hospital with serious head injuries.

Young football players witnessed the accident that killed a popular and respected parent.

One of the three young girls who fell 12 metres from a faulty Ferris wheel in Tennessee has opened up about the terrifying ordeal.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash with a car in Otago this afternoon.

An elderly woman has died following a two-car crash in Whangarei yesterday.

More than 20 passengers were injured in severe turbulence that saw them slam into overhead lockers as their plane "dropped like an out of control elevator."

Watch: A stream of people passed by an injured man struck in a busy street by a delivery truck, leaving him to die. WARNING: Graphic Content.

A volunteer firefighter who was at the scene of the crash that left James Rolleston in intensive care has described how "half the bridge" ended up in the car.

Motorists rushed to help a cyclist sprawled in the middle of the road - but the person who bystanders say caused the collision kept on driving.

An early morning crash south of Whangarei between a truck and 4WD has closed State Highway 1.

A rescue operation is under way in Wellsford where four people are trapped in a car in flood water.

The Southern Motorway has reopened but there will be long delays for motorists after a large truck crashed across both lanes near Bombay today.

Rotorua teen Moana Matthews, 17, was an "amazing young girl" who had hoped to travel the world.

Heartbroken mother of a biker who died in a fireball crash has released a video of the final moments of her son's life as a warning to others. WARNING: Graphic content.

A light plane has gone off the runway and crashed in the Bay of Plenty.

On the last night of their lives, the men ate dinner together. Three hours later they died

Falling off a toilet, accidentally sticking themselves with a used needle, and running into a parked truck are all injuries Whanganui

A woman is in a critical condition after a serious crash in Rangiora this morning.

Three people have suffered serious injuries after a car crash in South Auckland.