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Blazing truck hits house
Neighbours who alerted a family to a burning truck in their front yard early yesterday say it was only luck the house didn't burn down.
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Prison van collides with crane on SH2
A prison van that collided with a crane on State Highway 2 is blocking traffic near Katikati.
![Passengers asked fatal crash driver to slow down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Passengers asked fatal crash driver to slow down
A teenager and a 20-year-old died in an after-party crash caused by the unlicensed driver reaching 145km/h while racing his overloaded vehicle, a coroner has found.
![Driver flees: Teen hit on busy street](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Driver flees: Teen hit on busy street
Auckland diners on Dominion Road watched in horror as a teenager crossed a busy street and was hit by a car whose driver failed to stop and is still at large.
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Search continues for hit and run
UPDATED Police are still searching for a car involved in a hit and run that has left a teenage boy in an Auckland hospital overnight.
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Teenager struck in hit and run
A teenage boy has been hospitalised with serious injuries after a hit and run in Auckland this evening.
![Man seriously injured 'goofing around' on ute](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Man seriously injured 'goofing around' on ute
A man has been seriously injured after falling off the back of a ute in the Tasman region early this morning.
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Cow killed in 3 car crash
There has been a three-car crash north of Wellington this morning, resulting in the death of a cow.
![Car crashes into bank in central Tauranga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Car crashes into bank in central Tauranga
A pregnant woman was among those hit when an elderly woman accidentally drove her car into a bank in central Tauranga this morning, witnesses say.
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Two injured in four-way Welcome Bay crash
Two people were injured this morning in a four vehicle crash in Tauranga which blocked State Highway 2 near the southern end of Welcome Bay Rd.
![Crash victim had just graduated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Crash victim had just graduated
Hannah Eaton was known as the wife of rugby star Chris Eaton, but she had a life of her own as a mum, a part-time model and in the last month, a midwifery graduate.
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Easter road toll 'shouldn't be tolerated'
The official Easter holiday period ended at 6am today with three deaths too many, according to the country's top traffic officer who said the figure "shouldn't be tolerated".
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Easter road toll rises
One woman was killed and two other people hospitalised after a two-car crash near Thames last night.
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Fatal crash raises road toll
The Easter holiday road toll has risen to two following a fatal crash north of Taupo early today.
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Kenya crash: Leader asleep during swap
The group leader of a Bay of Plenty college's mission trip to Kenya was asleep when a driver-swap put a teen behind the wheel in a minivan crash that killed four people.