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Another Farm Quad Death
Another farm quad bike death today, days after a government campaign was launched. In Cape Foulwind, Buller, a 17 year female farm hand employee drove to a remote...
Death On Wgtn Line
Long delays for Wellington commuters today. In what was officially described as being caused by a “medical emergency,” a man was hit by a train near...
Those Stupid Trucks!
9.29 The Southern Motorway, southbound at Penrose is reduced to one lane as engineers inspect damage to the Penrose overbridge. The bridge was struck by an over-height...
Man Killed On Motorway
A man died on the Southern Motorway Manukau this afternoon. Police say the man was hit or in police language was in collision with a truck and trailer unit travelling...
Man In Train Death Named
TE KUITI: Accident happened here The name of a man killed when struck by a train on the Main Trunk Line in Te Kuiti early Sunday morning has been released. He was...
Wgtn Trains Back To Normal
Fingers crossed for Wellington train commuters in the morning. After another horrendous couple of days, thanks to repair work on the slips carried out over the weekend,...
Man Hit By Train
A man died after being hit by a train at Te Kuiti this morning. Police say the man was lying on the tracks. In the early hours of the morning, a driver of a southbound...
‘Cautious” Approach To Wgtn Services
KiwiRail CEO Jim Quinn says they are taking “an understandably cautious approach to running trains around Wellington,” following bad weather yesterday...
Bad Friday For Wellington Trains
Wellington rail commuters are in for a tough morning. Due to slips, Fridays morning peak services on the Paraparaumu and Johnsonville lines are expected to be severely...
SH1 Delays At Newmarket
715pm Major delays on the southern motorway. As a result of a crash involving a motorcyclist on the Southern motorway in the southbound lanes of the Newmarket viaduct,...
Fatal Microlight Crash
A 56 year old man died at the scene of a microlight crash at Tauranga Airport this morning. Acting Area Commander, Inspector Karl Wright-St Clair says the microlight...
Driver Impaled By Canoe
A truck driver is in a critical condition this afternoon after being impaled by a canoe. The incident occurred on SH1 Kimberley Road. A fully-loaded car transporter...
Auck Rail Safety Issues
5 separate platform overrun events on the Auckland suburban rail network raise safety issues in an accident report issued today by the Transport Accident Investigation...
A Tragedy That Should Not Happen
There are no winners in the case of the Auckland man on manslaughter charges for driving around a barrier arm and into the path of an on-coming train in Pukekohe His...
Drunk Teenagers Behaving Badly Again
What is it with Waikato teenagers? Waikato Police were horrified when they arrived at a crash scene at Waverly Rd outside Hamilton last night to find a crash similar...
Police Had Stopped Crash Car Earlier
It’s now been revealed that the driver of a car involved in a triple fatality crash on SH2 at Maramarua on Tuesday night had been stopped by police earlier...
How 3 Teenagers Died
Dodgy tyres and alcohol are thought to have played a part in how three teenagers died in a two car collision on SH2 at Maramarua between the Pink Pig cafe and the...
Police Upset At Fatal Chase
Christchurch police say they’re devastated by a crash in Christchurch tonight in which 2 elderly people died when a speeding car driven by a disqualified driver...
Man Hit By Train, Dies
Sadly during this, rail safety week, comes news a man has been hit by a train and died. The incident happened near Blenheim. Police say that at about 3.25 this morning,...
Video: Chinese Train Falls In River
Dramatic video on board a Chinese train in southwest China’s Sichuan province - just before two carriages fell into a river after floods destroyed the...
SH16 Affected By Accident
An accident has meant that SH16 from the port up Grafton Gully is going to have to be closed tonight for emergency repairs. An overhead gantry under Grafton Bridge...
Runaway Train On Tube
On the London Tube, a runaway train went through 6 stops on a 13 minute journey and other trains had to move out of its path.
Call For Vehicle Power Curbs
The Christchurch court case involving a modified car and the death of a toddler in its path has prompted a call today for vehicle power restrictions for young drivers. A...
Wrong Way Driver Dies
The driver of the vehicle that travelled the wrong way along the North Western Motorway on Saturday night has died in Auckland hospital. Police name him as Ewen...
Car Goes Wrong Way, Fatal (Update)
1030 PM UPDATE: The North-Western motorway westbound is still closed between Waterview and Te Atatu. Apart frrom the deceased, two other motorists have been transported...
