A freak accident that left a bike brake lever embedded in a mountainbiker's hand had hospital staff running - for their cameras.

The grieving families of two teenage boys killed in separate crashes have spoken of their loss.

A quick-thinking hero who pulled a driver from a fiery crash which claimed the lives of two people, including a baby, said the man stank of alcohol and didn't know what day it was.

Several sheets of glass fell on men unloading a shipping container, one breaking and causing fatal wounds to a worker yesterday, police say.

Large sheets of glass crashed down and killed a man at an industrial site last night. Four of his colleagues were injured trying to rescue him.

Two double-fatalities and the death of a baby pushed the Easter road toll to nine last night.

Easter fatalities have doubled in a matter of hours and surpassed last year's road toll, with the holiday period ending at 6am on Tuesday.

The death of a 15-month-old girl crushed by a falling brick wall is a warning to all about the risks of old structures, says the local council.

Desperate family members were unable to revive a 17-month-old girl who was crushed when a brick wall collapsed on her yesterday.

Police have named the toddler who was crushed by a brick wall in west Auckland today.