Speed may have been a factor in a crash that killed a 32-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman in Canterbury yesterday afternoon.

Friends pay tribute to Fonterra driver Michael Fairclough, who was found dead at his home after last week's horror triple fatality in Patea.

The tanker driver involved in Thursday's triple fatality in Patea has been found dead in his home, it was confirmed today.

Traffic into Wellington has slowed to a crawl after a serious crash on State Highway 1 at Ngauranga Gorge.

Two women who died as a result of a crash in Fiordland on Friday may have been killed by a falling tree.

A man is in a serious condition after a crash on an Auckland motorway early this morning.

A tourist driving on one of NZ's most scenic roads was pinned to a barrier after she forgot to put her handbrake on when she got out to take a photo.

A child remains in a critical condition and a woman has been transferred to Auckland City Hospital after two people died in a crash in rural Waikato.

Two women died in a crash near Cascade Creek on the Te Anau-Milford highway in Fiordland at 5.20pm.

The motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car near Hampden in North Otago has been named.

A man had just jumped out of a car to close the gate when it was hit by a milk tanker, killing his partner and two others inside.

The crash was between a car and a milk tanker on Patea's main street, Egmont St, at the corner with Gloucester St.

Two people died in single-vehicle crashes on rural roads today.

A woman in her eighties has been taken to hospital after she drove into a McDonald's restaurant in Northland, along with a pedestrian she hit.

A crash involving two trucks near Huntly today was caused by a driver falling asleep behind the wheel, police say.

Police say two trucks collided at about 8.30am blocking the main highway.

A motorcyclist was flown to hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter after clipping a van and losing control of his bike near Te Aroha.

Three people are in hospital tonight after a three-car crash on Auckland's Harbour Bridge.

Debris is strewn across the road and a white Toyota Prado SUV with a damaged front and a red sedan are blocking the southbound car.

Xingyu Shang, 27, was sentenced to nine months home detention yesterday for causing a crash which killed a man and fleeing the scene.

Heavy rain and a slippery road are to blame for a crash involving a Range Rover and tourist bus near Queenstown, police say.

The incident happened in the Hunterville Court cul-de-sac, parallel to Ladies Mile, just after 5pm.

In a heartwarming and earnest letter to a local paper, a truckie apologised for his mistake which forced the closure of a bridge

A commercial truck driver was pulled over in Stratford, Taranaki, this morning at about 6.30am.

Waikato Police are investigating a crash in which a person died last night on State Highway 2 at Mangatarata.

The girl is in hospital after the car she was in struck a power pole.

A person died late last night in a collision between a truck and a car in the Waikato.

A woman's body had to be cut from the wreckage after a fatal three-vehicle crash south of Hastings yesterday.

It took emergency crew hours to free the body of a woman trapped in a car that collided with a truck south of Hastings.