The video shows cars swerving to avoid flying timber and debris.

'Somebody out there knows who caused this. A simple ride turned into a nightmare.'

Police earlier said the vehicle had crashed into a bank on the rural road.

A second person was taken to hospital with critical injuries.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident at 4.50pm.

A two-vehicle crash on SH2 near Pāpāmoa has closed one lane of the road.

Logs spilled from a trailer separated from a logging truck this afternoon in Kinleith.

'The road appears partially blocked,' police say.

The officer is being spoken to, but that's not enough, the affected truckie says.

Hikurangi Harrison was also sentenced on a reckless driving charge.

An alleged dangerous driver hits lamppost, police respond and crash patrol car at scene.

The blockage was disrupting traffic headed for the Wellington Cup at Trentham Racecourse.

'He’s destroyed our lives.'

St John sent five ambulances and two helicopters.

One person was critically injured.

A couple from Hamilton and a man from Auckland died in the 2022 crash.

Three others were injured in the two-vehicle crash on Sunday.

Police have pleaded for motorists and the public to avoid the area.

Devastated mum says daughter's death an “incredible loss for so many people".

Police spiked the car on Bealey Ave before it crashed. The woman is in hospital.

'One patient in a serious condition was transported to Middlemore Hospital.'

Marcia Shattuck was one of 13 people killed on New Zealand roads over the holidays.

Police believe high speeds were a factor in the crash.

Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

There are several people and serious injuries involved, police say.

Police located the deceased at the scene.

Emergency services went to SH3, near Blueskin Rd in Westmere, about 10.15am today.

More than 10,000 drivers fled police in New Zealand during 2023.

Inquiries into the crash are ongoing, police say.