A truck driver rescued by other truckies after crashing into a fast-moving creek yesterday is recovering in hospital.

A person was critically injured when a car and truck collided in Otaua, southwest of Pukekohe, this morning.

One person was trapped in a car after the vehicle rolled on State Highway 1 in Auckland this morning.

A man has described how a group of truckies helped smash a window, freeing a trapped truck driver from a cab in a fast-moving creek.

A woman suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a vehicle on Karangahape Rd this morning.

A truck driver who escaped after crashing into a cold, fast-flowing creek is "a lucky boy", firefighters say.

One person has died in a collision between a car and a truck in the Waimana Gorge in the Bay of Plenty.

Police have named the man who died in a head-on collision on Sunday night near Dunsandel, Canterbury.

Emergency services and Muriwai locals have packed a car park at the west Auckland beach for a blessing ceremony at the scene of a quadruple fatal crash.

Police have confirmed that former All Black Ian Neill Uttley and his wife Christine "Tink" Lee Uttley were killed in a horror crash.

He thought they had stolen his leg and he was having none of it.

A power line is lying across a Northland road and traffic is down to one lane after a car smashed into a power pole this morning.

A tourist driver who lost control on an icy road and caused a crash that killed his front-seat passenger has today been forgiven by the dead woman's family.

Police said it appeared the elderly driver was surprised by an approaching vehicle and took evasive action while travelling towards Napier.

A crash has blocked the right lane of the Southern Motorway and is causing delays.

The New Zealand Transport Agency said State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo was closed until further notice.

A wire-rope barrier on a busy, scenic stretch of road north of Wellington responsible for stopping deadly head-on crashes.

One of the four men killed in a car crash on Muriwai Beach was the sole provider for his family, friends say.

Police have recovered the bodies of four men killed in a crash on Muriwai Beach today.

Yi-Chieh Feng was a passenger in a rental car that crashed on State Highway 6 in Westland.

One person was killed and six others were injured in a crash in Waikato tonight.

A 4-wheel-drive came off the road at an intersection - plunging down into the backyard of a home, narrowly missing the kitchen window.

A woman who crashed her vehicle into a house in Huntly this morning has been charged with dangerous driving and excessive breath alcohol.

A train and car have collided this afternoon, leaving one person trapped in the car and seriously injured.

A cameraman at the scene understood school students were in the car and two occupants were trapped until firefighters arrived.

Around 100 people have no power this morning after a car hit a power pole in Auckland.

Police have named the truck driver who died after his truck plunged off a Canterbury bridge yesterday.

Three more people have died on the country's roads as this year's road toll continues to climb.

A serious collision between a car and truck has forced State Highway 1 to close through Te Horo, south of Otaki.

A man had just left his lounge when a car came flying through two fences, two walls of his house and landed on the couch he was sitting on minutes earlier.