
Motorcyclist critically injured after collision with truck, Christchurch motorway closed
The Serious Crash Unit is on site, and the road will be closed for some time.
The Serious Crash Unit is on site, and the road will be closed for some time.
An Auckland driver's late-night antics dramatically backfired.
People are advised to delay their travel.
Police were notified at about 10.40pm about the crash.
The crash involved a red Triumph Rocket III motorcycle.
Alison Korny lived in New Zealand before moving to the UK.
Video shows a man with his legs dangling out of a window steering the car to safety.
He lost control of the vehicle and sent texts from behind the wheel before the crash.
Fifteen people, including three children, were injured and taken to hospital.
SH39 is closed in both directions at Ōtorohanga.
Emergency services were called to State Highway 30 at Rotoiti Forest.
NZTA said the road was expected to be closed for several hours.
Emergency services were called around 4:30am.
A motorcyclist died in the crash and people have been sharing footage of the incident.
Locals urge reduced speed limits due to increased bike traffic.
Police said the incident was reported to emergency services around 2.20am on February 5.
The serious accident caused major delays this morning.
In February 2024, the region's road death toll was zero.
The owner of the quadricycle told the Herald he was beside himself.
He was Joshua Nathanuel Love, 34, of West Auckland.
The crash was reported at 5pm on Wednesday on SH8, the Cromwell-Clyde Rd.
The two single-vehicle crashes happened about 13 hours apart.
A woman was seriously injured after her car fell down a bank inland from Wairoa.
Police confirmed there were no other passengers in the vehicle.
A person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on Mouse Point Rd, Hurunui, police reported.
Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing.
Fire crews were called to the rural Canterbury crash about 5.15am.
A witness said the car had driven into an angle park, and appeared to slow down or stop.