One of the three young girls who fell 12 metres from a faulty Ferris wheel in Tennessee has opened up about the terrifying ordeal.

A couple travelling in convoy were involved in a four-car crash in Dunedin.

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash with a car in Otago this afternoon.

An elderly woman has died following a two-car crash in Whangarei yesterday.

More than 20 passengers were injured in severe turbulence that saw them slam into overhead lockers as their plane "dropped like an out of control elevator."

Watch: A stream of people passed by an injured man struck in a busy street by a delivery truck, leaving him to die. WARNING: Graphic Content.

Scaling a fence at North Head in Devonport had painful consequences for two teens seriously injured last night.

A Waikato crash has claimed a life this morning.

A volunteer firefighter who was at the scene of the crash that left James Rolleston in intensive care has described how "half the bridge" ended up in the car.

A rescue operation is under way in Wellsford where four people are trapped in a car in flood water.

The Southern Motorway has reopened but there will be long delays for motorists after a large truck crashed across both lanes near Bombay today.

Rotorua teen Moana Matthews, 17, was an "amazing young girl" who had hoped to travel the world.

Heartbroken mother of a biker who died in a fireball crash has released a video of the final moments of her son's life as a warning to others. WARNING: Graphic content.

A light plane has gone off the runway and crashed in the Bay of Plenty.

On the last night of their lives, the men ate dinner together. Three hours later they died

Falling off a toilet, accidentally sticking themselves with a used needle, and running into a parked truck are all injuries Whanganui

A woman is in a critical condition after a serious crash in Rangiora this morning.

Three people have suffered serious injuries after a car crash in South Auckland.

A person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a two-car crash in South Taranaki this morning.

A New Zealander has died in San Francisco after being hit by a motorcyclist, according to local police.

A truck carrying gas bottles has crashed into a fence in Southland, trapping the driver inside.

A 50-year-old Waiuku man has suffered serious injuries after a chainsaw kicked back in his face.

A 1-year-old baby boy was this morning burned after pouring a cup of hot coffee over himself. The incident happened at Gulf Harbour

An ambulance is rushing to the scene of a three car crash outside Christchurch this morning, with reports of a person being trapped.

One person has been killed and another seriously hurt in a crash in Gisborne.

A man before the courts in relation to the shooting death of a 2-year-old girl at her Mangere home last month will be charged with manslaughter.

Three people have been injured - one seriously - in a car crash in Northland this afternoon.

Trucks are involved in nearly a quarter of all fatal crashes but, most of the time, they are not at fault. The Ministry of Transport's

A near miss from being paralysed has encouraged a Papanui High School student to make most of her opportunities and try her hand in the modelling scene.

The mother of a Kiwi injured in a chopper crash in South Australia this week says the call alerting her to the accident was her "worst nightmare" come true.