
Fire out: Auckland SH1 car fire causes 8km backlog of southbound motorway traffic
Emergency services were notified of the fire at 2.16pm.
Emergency services were notified of the fire at 2.16pm.
Emergency services were called to the scene around 9.20pm.
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One man was seriously injured and was transported to hospital by helicopter.
Franck Friconnet was on his way to help move cows on his parents' farm when he died.
One person had to be extricated from a car by Fire and Emergency.
Hato Hone St John said five people were taken to hospital via road and helicopter.
'There are two kids lying in the middle of the road,' a witness told police.
Speeding driver Raymond Tairua-Gray drowned after his unsafe car crashed into a creek.
The separate cases relate to the deaths of Zahquiel Taipeti and Steven Cranston.
The crash was reported to emergency services at 12.09pm.
Motorists on social media reported seeing debris 'all over the road'.
Crown says two teen drivers were racing when one crashed, killing a passenger.
A helicopter was requested to respond to the scene.
Emergency services were called to the crash about 3.04pm.
A man was airlifted to hospital after his vehicle dropped 15m off a road on to its roof in the Coromandel. Video / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
The injured driver of the other vehicle was airlifted to hospital.
A teenager was reportedly struck by a ute before it fled the scene.
Enquiries are under way to determine the cause of the crash.
One person remains in a serious condition at Palmerston North Hospital.
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There were no injuries but a vehicle and power pole were damaged.
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State Highway 1 was closed overnight due to the crash.
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Woman says the vehicles of interest never left the accident scene.