A pickup truck plummeted 60 feet from a San Diego overpass, crushing and killing four people who were attending a festival and injuring nine.

A teenage girl has been killed in a quad bike accident in Taharoa, while another person who was seriously injured is stable in hospital.

Police have confirmed the man who was found dead in his crashed ute had been missing for 10 days.

The driver of a truck has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after a crash on State Highway 2 west of Maramarua.

Jethro Keast, 20, who died in Matakana crash this week was a "great" man, and a bright young chef who was a big part of his community.

An injured man had to spend the night in his car after crashing through a fence and down a 100 metre hill before his dog helped raise the alarm.

The man killed in a crash on State Highway 2 near Pongakawa yesterday morning has been named as Martin John Ferry of Tauranga, police said.

The Fire Service is looking at what the conviction of a firefighter on the way to an emergency means for the future.

A man was seriously injured when his car rolled backwards down a New Plymouth driveway before crashing and flipping.

A cyclist has been taken to hospital in a serious condition following a crash in Invercargill early this evening. The cyclist - whose

A 21-year-old local man died in a motorbike crash northwest of Timaru yesterday.

Family and friends have gathered to bid one final farewell to Huntly crash victim Stephen Phillips.

Woman whose brother died after being hit by truck in 2005 says she is still waiting for an apology from truck driver who today avoided jail for killing a second cyclist.

The young man who died in a fatal crash near Wanaka had just finished school and was about to start a new job.

Police name the victim of yesterday's fatal crash in Wanaka.

A woman is believed to be in a serious condition after a crash near St Leonards this afternoon.

HARD-WORKING AND GENEROUS: Taupo couple Ian and Mary Smith, who died last Friday, are being remembered for making a significant contribution

A driver is seriously injured after a car and milk truck carrying more than 100 crates collided near Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland this morning.

A motorcyclist is in a serious condition after a crash in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere.

Police said the motorcyclist appears to have hit the side of a bridge.

Police are advising motorists to avoid travel on State Highway 1 in the Wellington region due to a crash.

A woman whose vehicle was struck by a train at an Auckland level crossing yesterday was rushing to the airport, a witness says.

Two people have died and a third been injured in a serious crash on State Highway 1 in South Waikato.

Virginian couple had been honeymooning in New Zealand for just five days when husband was killed in a Wairarapa car crash.

The crash happened on Spencer St about 2.15pm today.

A person has been trapped in an upturned vehicle after a serious accident in the Karangahake Gorge.

The driver of the 13 tonne truck with a 4 tonne load of timber on the back was heading up Queen St when the brakes failed.

A car carrier laden with vehicles careened into a building, narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic, after it drove over a large boulder which then got stuck under it.

A girl had to be picked up by a rescue helicopter after coming off her motorcycle at a property near Eketahuna.

A 50-year-old man who died after the quad bike he was riding crashed on a farm near Ashburton has been named.