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.

A man died after a crash in Morningside this morning.

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 police spokesman said a person had been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a vehicle on Auckland's North Shore.

Newly released figures show crushing boy racers' is working. Now Judith Collins is talking up the possibility of a similar law for drivers fleeing police.

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a truck in South Auckland overnight.

Whanganui firefighters are recovering after "a night from hell".

A young family's holiday ended abruptly when their 18-month-old fell off a picnic table and landed on his head.

Hundreds of students from Wairarapa schools will be attending a driving awareness programme, following the deaths of two teenagers in a Masterton crash last month.

A female tourist has been charged with careless driving causing injury after a two-car collision wrote off a classic American muscle car and put the driver in hospital.

Drunk and medicated motorcyclist killed teenager Natalia Austin.

It's a slow start to the working week in Auckland.

The cyclist, a 35-year-old man, collided with a car about 8.30pm on Main Rd in the suburb of Fairfield.

The life and business partner of a Whanganui woman killed in a two-car collision on Saturday was still in a serious condition in hospital last night.