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Truck driver 'died instantly' in crash
A police campaign to reduce the number of people killed in truck accidents was only a few hours old when a "shocking" head-on collision killed a log-truck driver.
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Driver dead after logging trucks collide
A logging truck driver was killed and another seriously injured when their rigs collided head-on inland from Tolaga Bay on the East Coast this afternoon.
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1 killed, 4 injured in Dargaville crash
A man was killed and four others injured, one critically, when a car hit a power pole in Northland last night.
![Tourist licences under scrutiny](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Tourist licences under scrutiny
A Queenstown policeman says more tourists seem to be driving poorly and coming to the attention of police.
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Teens faint at graphic crash images
Shocked teenage students have been fainting this week when shown graphic crash images at an education event aimed to encourage road safety.
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Crash traps driver on rail lines
A seriously injured driver lay trapped in his crashed truck across railway lines for more than an hour in Waikato last night.
![Man injured after truck falls four metres from bridge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Man injured after truck falls four metres from bridge
A man is in hospital after his light truck crashed through a bridge barrier and tumbled four metres onto a stream bank in the Hawkes Bay.
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Rules 'turn roads over to criminals'
Police need to be able to pursue drivers "otherwise we turn the roads over to the criminals," says New Zealand Police Association vice-president Stuart Mills.
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Eight die in weekend road carnage
Two people died in a four-car crash in Northland yesterday afternoon during a weekend of road carnage that claimed eight lives.
![Boy bowled over at blackspot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Boy bowled over at blackspot
Was I hit by a car, Mum? Those were the first words Danielle Franklin heard her 9-year-old son say.
![Two dead in crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Two dead in crash
Two people are dead and four others are fighting for their lives after a four-vehicle collision north of Whangarei.
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Speed factor in fatal crash
Police say speed and alcohol were factors in a crash that claimed the lives of three young men in Auckland this morning.
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One person hospitalised after head-on crash
One person has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries following a collision in Paekakariki, north of Porirua.
![Car seat wisdom saves toddler's life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Car seat wisdom saves toddler's life
Beverley Potts feared the worst for her little grand-daughter while waiting in agony to be cut free of her wrecked car at a notorious South Auckland crossroad.
![Drivers killed in head-on crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Drivers killed in head-on crash
The drivers of two cars were killed after one is believed to have drifted across the centre line and collided with the second vehicle head-on last night.
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Girls hit by alleged drink driver
One of two young girls hit by an alleged drink driver in the Bay of Plenty yesterday has been transferred to Auckland for treatment.
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Driver hits young girls
An alleged drink driver has struck and injured two young girls while reversing from a driveway in the Bay of Plenty.
![Two buses crush car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Two buses crush car
Two people were injured as a car was crushed between two buses in an Auckland suburb this morning.
![Driver jailed over fatal crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Driver jailed over fatal crash
A driver in a crash that killed a young Otago man has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail and disqualified from driving for four years.
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Mother's plea to mystery motorist
A grieving mother has made an emotional plea to a mystery motorist linked to the crash that killed her teenage daughter.
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Cyclist hospitalised after being hit by car in Auckland
A male cyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries after being hit by a car in Auckland's Herne Bay this morning.
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Campaign targets motorists who run red lights
A campaign targeting motorists who run red or orange lights or fail to follow road rules at intersections started in Hamilton yesterday to try and prevent further crashes.