One of NZ's best stockcar drivers is fighting for his life after being seriously injured in a crash with a logging truck while travelling to the national teams championship.

Two teenagers have been injured after a car left the road and hit a tree in Rerewhakaaitu.

The first time she attempted a skydive, London woman Gwendolyn DeSilva heard the engine cut out and had to make a daring mid-air escape before watching the plane plummet.