A person has died at a busy Mount Maunganui intersection in spite of efforts by paramedics to save their life.
Emergency services were called to the scene of an incident on the corner of Hewletts Rd and Totara St at 1.12pm.
A police media spokeswoman said a car had crashed into a fence and the driver appeared to have suffered a medical event.
At 2.27pm police releases a statement saying the person had died.
The death will be referred to the coroner.
