A person was killed after a car and a bus carrying cruise-ship passengers collided near Te Poi yesterday.
The bus was returning tourists to their ship, Celebrity Solstice, after a trip to Hobbiton when the accident happened at 11.25am.
The driver of the car died but the occupants of the bus were unharmed.
Matamata Fire Brigade volunteer support officer Peter Baylis said the crash happened on a sweeping, deep bendon State Highway 29, east of Te Poi.
While the serious crash and commercial vehicle investigation units investigated, SH29 between Stopford Rd and Tauranga Rd was closed and diversions were in place.