How two families battled with police over crash that killed loved ones
Dale Waitokia and Shona Brenssell took on the police, local and national, and won.
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About 25 emergency service personnel were called to the crash site this morning.
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Police are currently attending the incident.
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Police are asking motorists to avoid the area following the incident.
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Sole survivor of horror crash charged with five counts of manslaughter
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Central motorists being asked to take care after severe flooding
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Two people injured after crash in Porirua
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One dead after Horowhenua crash involving a car and a truck
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Crash death: Texting driver sentenced to home detention
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Flippin' hell: Car rolls into Auckland construction site
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Hawke's Bay roadworker injured after truck and trailer jack-knifes into temporary traffic lights
"The truck did not stop in time, and jack-knifed as it approached the lights."
Confusing roadworks led to fatal train, car collision
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Person trapped in tractor after crash with truck near Te Awamutu
A helicopter is being sent to the accident.
'The wall is gone': Dump truck slams into Albany house
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Child in serious condition after being hit by car in Auckland driveway
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Motorists asked to avoid SH2 crash
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'No one could have survived that': Car 'smashed up' in tunnel in fatal crash
Three dead in overnight crashes.
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Child in critical condition after being hit by vehicle
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One person was trapped in their vehicle and needed to be extricated.