A teenager who died in an early morning crash on Monday was one of two siblings in the car - and his mother had to break the news to his brother in hospital.

Two bloodied and panicked teenagers stumbled from a car wreck moments after a crash killed their 14-year-old mate, pleading, "Please help, please help."

A 14-year-old boy who died when a car crashed into a power pole on Te Atatu Peninsula this morning, injuring two 16-year-olds, has been named.

One person is dead after a vehicle rolled in Waikato this morning.

A high speed chase this morning saw the driver of a stolen car speeding towards oncoming traffic on the wrong side of Auckland’s Ponsonby Road.

Five people were taken to hospital after a crash in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, this morning.

A 14-year-old girl was injured when the vehicle she was in rolled near Takaka overnight.

Motorists in Auckland are being warned to avoid a busy highway following a chemical spill from a truck.

Peter Larmer's quiet Sunday at home on his Levin farm was shattered when a car crashed through two fences and a verandah post, and came to rest upside down on his lawn.

A woman suffered serious injuries when her car crashed down a 30-metre bank and landed in a swamp in South Taranaki.

A 24-year-old woman has died after being hit by a car in Wellington in the early hours of this morning.

Riandri De Bruyn will never forget the night of the crash. She and her friends were at a party in Auckland's Glen Innes, at the home of a friend of Riandri's older brother, Chris.

A serious crash has injured two people - one critically - and closed part of State Highway 1 just north of Warkworth.

A woman spent two hours trapped in a car as rescuers desperately tried to free her - without dislodging it from a perch 30m below a Q'town road.

Two people have suffered from moderate injuries after their vehicles crashed on State Highway 3 in Taranaki early this morning.

A woman has admitted causing the death of popular Auckland business leader Chris Heilbronn in a road smash.

A man has been cut out of his truck after it crashed on the West Coast this morning, injuring both his legs.

Two elderly women who were killed when a car lost control and crashed into a ditch in Manawatu early this morning have been named by police.

Two people are dead and four are injured after their vehicle lost control and ended up in a ditch in Manawatu overnight.

A woman was killed and a cyclist seriously injured in two serious crashes in the central North Island early this morning.

A car that crashed after fleeing police clipped a pedestrian island at high speed before flipping and hitting an oncoming van.

A 28-year-old has died after the vehicle he was a passenger in crashed while fleeing police in South Auckland.

An Auckland schoolboy knocked down and dragged beneath a light truck on Thursday afternoon was last night fighting for his life.