A five-and-a-half week old baby who died after a car crash in South Canterbury has been named as Amadeus Tutunoa of Timaru.

The circumstances around an accident which claimed the life of a 4-week-old baby boy, and caused only minor injuries to others in the car, will be investigated by a coroner.

Police will be talking today to the parents of a four-week-old baby who died in a car crash near Timaru last night.

A man has been taken to Auckland City Hospital after being hit by a bus this morning.

A van ended up in Otago Harbour after going off Portobello Rd at Edwards Bay yesterday.

An Ashburton pensioner struck and killed by a vehicle on a pedestrian crossing was on his way to buy lozenges for a sore throat.

An elderly man who died after he was hit by a van while riding his mobility scooter on a pedestrian crossing in Ashburton has been named.

The main highway north of Balclutha remains closed this morning after a head-on crash in which a woman was killed and another seriously injured.

A truck driver suffered serious injuries when his vehicle rolled onto its roof at Taupo this morning.

A survivor of a fatal car crash with a bus smashed his way out through a window after seeing smoke rise from the engine of the wreck.

A 42-year-old woman has been killed in the Lower Kaimais after crashing into a logging truck.

Police believe alcohol may be a factor in a crash which killed a 73-year-old woman in Northland last night.

Five members of a Lake Hawea family were considered lucky to be alive last night after a runaway people mover crashed into their lounge.

An 11-year-old boy who ran 6km in the dark to get help for his dad after a car crash will be protected from reading a coroner's comments that praise his heroic actions.

A woman who died after being hit by two vehicles in Wanganui on Friday night would have celebrated her 27th birthday today.

The wreckage of a car crash that killed 18-year-old Oliver Steven Mills lay unnoticed for up to nine hours in a water-filled ditch early yesterday morning.

A crash on Auckland's Southern Motorway has killed a man and caused chaos for commuters.

A 27-year-old woman has died from the injuries she sustained after falling from a moving vehicle.

The surgeon who sewed Nikki Campbell's head back together was able to use her tattoo to perfectly align the gash.

A horrific car accident killed Richard Todd's wife and left both his daughters injured - one so severely doctors warned him she may never recover.

The driver of a van which rolled four times, killing three US tourists, screamed "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" as the vehicle flipped, an inquest has heard.

Three American students killed when their van rolled near Turangi last year could be alive today if they had been wearing seatbelts, an inquest has heard.