A man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a horrific crash north of Palmerston, Otago, this morning.

One motorist is dead and a man is lucky to be alive after two cars collided on a rural Waikato road, sending one vehicle somersaulting through the air and leaving the other impaled by fence posts.

Witnesses have described desperate attempts to save the motorists involved in a fiery crash in Napier yesterday morning.

A truck carrying eggs has crashed into a ditch on State Highway two at Waipukurau.

A road worker who died after he was run over by a tarseal spraying truck north-east of Hamilton on Thursday was today named by police as Graham Donald Bennie, 55, of Huntly.

A car has burst into flames after crashing in Napier, leaving one person fighting for their life.

Police are investigating a fatal crash in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood, which claimed the life of a motorcyclist.

A father of two young kids was killed in a motorcycle accident just minutes from his workplace. His co-worker found him...

Two women who were killed in a high-speed crash north of Auckland yesterday can now be named.

Two cars involved in a double fatal accident north of Auckland yesterday hit each other at a combined speed of about 200kmh, killing two young women, say police.