A vehicle's collision with a cow north of Huntly has closed a section of road running adjacent to the Waikato expressway.

One person had died and another is injured following a road crash in central Hawke's Bay.

A woman almost killed when she was dragged 60m behind a vehicle in South Auckland was not the victim of a hit-and-run as first suspected.

A two-year-old boy has died in a farm accident inland from Gisborne after falling from a utility vehicle.

One person was seriously injured when a ute and a milk tanker crashed in the Bay of Plenty this morning.

A father wants to thank those who tried to save his son's life after a crash early on Saturday.

At least one person has been taken to hospital after a crash between a car and a truck in Dunedin this morning.

Police believe a 14-year-old boy killed in a road crash in Turangi was driving at the time.

A man who broke his back in three places in a car accident had to battle ACC three times over 12 years to get compensation and he's still waiting.

A 7-year-old Nelson boy is in a critical condition after being hit by a school bus he walked in front of this morning, police say.

A young woman dragged more than 50m by a hit-and-run driver early yesterday faces a long road to recovery but was able to speak to police this morning and is recovering "better than expected".

A 5-year-old girl was hit by a car outside a school in Rangiora, north of Christchurch, this morning.

A young woman may have been dragged 50 metres by a hit and run driver early this morning, police say.

It was truly miraculous that a series of accidents involving some 130 cars on a fog-shrouded bridge in Kent did not result in deaths, British police said.

As Father's Days go, Robyn Cameron cannot remember one more low-key, or more precious.

Six people have been injured during two crashes near Huntly, one of them seriously. Traffic has been backed up on State Highway One for 14 kms.

Hugh Foster faces an eight-week hospital stay after two alleged bank robbers in a stolen car smashed into the back of his ute on the Southern Motorway.

A motorist temporarily blinded by sun-strike crashed into the back of a slow moving truck and trailer unit today, leaving him with spinal injuries and lacerations.

The 18-year-old who died after the van she was in plunged off an alpine highway had given birth last year.

The Methven resident was on his way home from Ashburton when he ploughed into three cows at about 7pm on Saturday.

Police are at the scene of a two car crash near Hamurana on the outskirts of Rotorua where one person had to be cut free of the wreckage.

A van that plunged down a cliff in the central South Island yesterday, killing a woman and injuring five others, did not have any back seats, investigators say.