Engineers working to fix a bridge damaged in a truck crash accidentally cut a cable.

Three Waikato teenage girls stole a car in Hamilton and led cops on a low-speed chase.

Had that split-second decision been made 3 weeks ago, a wife might still have a husband.

Road closed, one dead, multiple injured after car and campervan collide near Gore.

Victim: "I found it satisfying to face the guy and tell him what it was like for us."

Police say a car and a motorbike have crashed in Patea.

A truck and a car have crashed on the Pakuranga Highway bridge.

After a miracle on McGregor Rd, Boss Pomare's kids are planning his wedding to their mum.

Police were laying road spikes when a car smashed into the officer's vehicle.

Crash blocks lanes, leading to lunchtime gridlock in Auckland.

Family and friends of a man killed in collision at Whenuapai have paid tribute to him.

Man said car had started to sink into mudflats in the area.

One person is trapped after a two-car crash in Waikato this afternoon.

A serious two-car crash near Ohaeawai has left one dead and another critically hurt.

Police say motorists should avoid the area overnight.

A serious smash closes a major West Auckland road.

A car has flipped in a crash in Oamaru, trapping and seriously injuring one person.

Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by a car in Auckland's Herne Bay.

Traffic stretched for 17km on Auckland's Southern Motorway this morning.

A family recovering after the sudden death of one son have been dealt another tragic blow.

Police haven't ruled out laying further charges related to the smash that injured seven.

Pair killed in campervan crash named as young, Singaporean technology executives.

Three people were trapped in wrecked vehicles and 17 hurt in a spate of crashes overnight.

A person suffered critical injuries in a five-car crash at Flat Bush this evening.

Police believe the two arrived in New Zealand on day of crash.

Carla Neems died when she was hit by a recycling truck as she walked home from school.

Car comes off second best after a collision with a tractor in a Palmerston North carpark.

News in brief from around the region.

Carnage on a rural Hawke's Bay road after a driver collides with wandering stock.

Foreign drivers are a worry but so are local drivers, say accident first-responders.