Archive for: accident

Inquiry Into School Bus Crash

Inquiry Into School Bus Crash

Matamata-Piako Police and specialist commercial vehicle investigators are investigating the cause of crash in the eastern Waikato today that saw a school bus come...

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Videos: India Rail Smash,Many Die

Videos: India Rail Smash,Many Die

Another shocking train smash in India - an express train hit a passenger train. At least 56 people died and hundreds were injured. Again Maoists are suspected...

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Cyclist Hit ‘n Run Mystery

Cyclist Hit ‘n Run Mystery

A North Shore hit and run involving a cyclist is mystifying police because there were no witnesses. A 40 year old man got multiple injuries after being hit by a...

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Car Hits House, Kills Man(Update)

Car Hits House, Kills Man(Update)

A man has died on the North Shore this afternoon after a car went through his house and the impact killed him. Police say that say that just after 1pm today,  a...

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Digger Left In Middle Of Highway

Digger Left In Middle Of Highway

Eastern Waikato Police are scathing about the stupidity of unknown offenders who broke into a parked digger and left it in the middle of a state highway for a vehicle...

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2 Hurt in Otahuhu Bus Crash

2 Hurt in Otahuhu Bus Crash

Two people have sustained critical injuries in a crash tonight involving a bus and motor vehicle in Otahuhu. It has happened at the intersection of Mangere and...

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Alan Mystery Solved

Alan Mystery Solved

The man hit by a train at Levin has finally been identified - and turns out to be a 62 year old loner train fan who fell on to the tracks. Alan turned out...

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Video: Scots Train Derails, Burns

Video: Scots Train Derails, Burns

In Scotland, a northbound passenger train has derailed and caught fire while travelling through a mountaineous area. This left a passenger car hanging “precariously...

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Backpack Dragged By Truck

Backpack Dragged By Truck

A terrible story today about a pedestrian’s backpack which got caught by a passing truckie. A 60 year old Lower Hutt woman was standing on the edge of the...

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‘Alan’ Jigsaw Latest

‘Alan’ Jigsaw Latest

Police trying to identify a man hit by a train at Levin exactly a week ago tonight still don’t know who he is but now think he is from Christchurch. A witness...

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Man Leaves Crash To Buy Booze

Man Leaves Crash To Buy Booze

A Hamilton man who had already crashed his car into an elderly couple’s vehicle allegedly left the scene of the crash to buy alcohol before he crashed his...

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Alan Wakes Up

Alan Wakes Up

The man struck by a train in Levin on Friday night has today woken up in hospital. He has  has nodded ‘yes’ to his name being Alan. He is unable to...

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Nasty Hit & Run

Nasty Hit & Run

A nasty hit and run in Hamilton this afternoon involving two crashes. The incident began when the elderly couple’s car was hit from behind at the intersection...

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Train Victim Not Identified

Train Victim Not Identified

Police are still trying to identify the man critically injured when he was struck by a train in Levin on Friday night. They have produced this image of him in the...

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Police Puzzle Over Train Incident

Police Puzzle Over Train Incident

Police are appealing for urgent help to identify a man who was hit by a train and critically injured  in Levin n Friday night. The incident happened at Levin railway...

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Video: 65 Dead In India’s Train Smash

Video: 65 Dead In India’s Train Smash

In Eastern India, at least 65 people were killed and at least 200 injured after a high-speed train derailed and was struck by a cargo train traveling on a nearby...

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ChCh Cyclist Dies

ChCh Cyclist Dies

In Christchurch, a 42 year old female cyclist died in a morning rush hour accident. The  cyclist was involved in a vehicle crash at the intersection of Marshs and...

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Manawatu Train Death

Manawatu Train Death

Fielding Police are currently investigating the death of a male after he was struck a train at approximately 9pm last night. A north- bound freight train rounded...

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Cyclist Badly Hurt In Avondale

Cyclist Badly Hurt In Avondale

A cyclist is suffering “life threatening injuries” after an accident in Avondale. The crash happened at the intersection of Ash St and Rosebank Rd. Police...

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Cows Create SH1 Chaos

Cows Create SH1 Chaos

UPDATE: NZTA has re-opened State Highway One north of Puhoi after the crash involving a truck and trailer carrying cattle. Both lanes of the highway were blocked...

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Ship Leak Worry Led To Fatal Accident

Ship Leak Worry Led To Fatal Accident

Police say tonight’s fatal accident on a Panamanian- registered logging ship at Marsden Point happened when one crew member entered a hatch deep in the vessel...

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Police Study Fatal Accident

Police Study Fatal Accident

North Canterbury police are trying to work out what could have caused today’s triple fatality involving a collision between a bus and a car. No one on the...

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Cyclist Hit By Train

Cyclist Hit By Train

A cyclist has died after being  hit by a train at Mt Maunganui. The accident has happened on the railway crossing with Matapihi Rd, Mount Maunganui . The cyclist...

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Another Cyclist Vs Car

Another Cyclist Vs Car

Sad to hear of another cyclist versus car accident today. This time in Canterbury. Police there advise that a 51 year old female cyclist has been taken to Christchurch...

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Runaway High Speed Rail Cars In Oslo Kill 3 (Video)

Runaway High Speed Rail Cars In Oslo Kill 3 (Video)

In Oslo today, 16 empty freight railway cars broke loose from a cargo train and sped at fast speed down a hill for 5 kilometres. They crashed into a building, causing...

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