Police were alerted to the three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Plaskett and Oxford roads at about 3.55pm. Video / Kurt Bayer

Police were alerted to the three-vehicle crash about 3.55pm.

The driver and passenger had to wait half an hour before power could be turned off.

A driver has died in a single-vehicle crash about 7.55pm last night

Traffic is being diverted off the motorway.

Speed, wet road and no seatbelt contributed to horrific South Hokianga crash.

Three ambulances and two helicopters have been called to the crash.

Jail for 'worthwhile member of community' after dangerous driving death.

The crash claimed the lives of a mother and her two children.

A staff member saw the car hit the laundry door and then the air bag inflating.

Eyewitnesses say the car plunged to earth as if in a movie stunt scene.

A woman first on the scene of a fatal road crash describes trauma at witnessing event

As it happened: Members of the public rush to a car that crashed into the Mahurangi River at Warkworth. Video / Supplied

A man is in a serious condition after being pinned between a van and a house in Remuera.

A truck has rolled onto its side while travelling under a railway overbridge in Oamaru.

Police confirmed a person died after their car hit a tree on Omihi Rd on Thursday.

A crash is blocking the right lane northbound on the Harbour Bridge.

A serious smash has left part of a busy road closed ahead of rush hour this morning.

Police have asked motorists to avoid the area.

Dad-of-two planned to move closer to home next year, stepfather says.

The road is now open again after this morning's crash in Elderslea.

Passenger terror described as answers sought over Hannah Francis bus tragedy.

A truck driver has been critically injured in a crash on SH23 in Waikato this morning.

The right northbound lane near the Queenstown Rd overbridge is blocked.

A bus drove off the road in Glendowie and through a pōhutukawa tree.

A logging truck has ended up in a ditch on SH2 near Tangoio,

Police are responding to a serious crash in West Auckland.

The vehicle the person was driving collided with a power pole near Oreti Beach.

The crash happened near Tower Junction on Wednesday night.

Four people have been taken to hospital, their injuries ranging from serious to critical.