A motorist has died following a serious crash between a truck and a car at the intersection of State Highway 2 and State Highway 25, near Waitakaruru.
Police say the accident occured at about 1.30pm and emergency services are now in attendance.
The intersection is the Coromandel turn-off for travellers from Auckland.
Northbound traffic is being diverted onto Cross Road to State Highway 25, which will then allow access back onto state Highway 2.
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The accident is the second to happen on SH2 this afternoon.
A concrete truck overturned on the highway near Apata Station Road just after midday.
No one was hurt and the road has since been cleared.