A driver on his way to Christchurch through SH8 between Omarama and Twizel was shocked after witnessing a speeding campervan narrowly miss an oncoming vehicle.
A temporary 50km/h speed limit is being put in place on a 28km stretch of a Canterbury highway where several serious crashes have occurred in recent days.
Dozens of Chinese tourists involved in two separate bus crashes will be taken to Christchurch on Friday after a frightening ordeal on an icy stretch of rural highway.
One of the first people at the scene of two bus crashes near Tekapo on Thursday morning has described the eerie sight of bloodied passengers emerging from the foggy wreckage.
Police have taken to social media to criticise the driver of an SUV caught speeding along an icy Canterbury state highway this morning with their family in the vehicle.