A 66-year-old woman is in a critical condition and an 82-year-old woman has serious injuries after a hatchback car and heavy truck collided on a notorious accident blackspot near Henley yesterday.
A 23-year-old Queenstown woman and her 32-year-old passenger were taken to hospital on Monday morning after their vehicle crashed into a rock face on the side of Peninsula Rd in Kelvin Heights.
A 78-year-old woman underwent surgery for serious leg and chest injuries after she was hit by a passenger van on the corner of George and Howe Sts, Dunedin, yesterday.
A 16-year-old suffered chest injuries when the stolen car he was driving hit a tree near the Oval in Dunedin yesterday morning, Senior Sergeant Tania Baron said.
Dunedin police are looking for the driver of a Toyota vehicle who allegedly failed to stop after crashing into another car, having driven around a St Clair Park corner at speed.
Two truck drivers escaped serious injury when their trucks crashed just north of Milton yesterday afternoon. Constable Robin Hutton, of Milton, said emergency services were called to the collision on State Highway 1 just north of Milton about 4.30pm.
An Australian woman remained in a serious but stable condition in Dunedin Hospital's intensive care unit last night, after a head-on collision between two vehicles on a one-lane bridge near Tarras on Thursday.
Queenstown police are investigating the cause of a crash on State Highway 6, near Arrowtown, yesterday, which sent a courier to Lakes District Hospital with leg injuries.