Crash at Sunnyhills in Auckland: One dead another seriously hurt in two-car collision

Pakuranga Rd is blocked off in east Auckland's Sunnyhills due to a crash.

A man has died and another has been seriously hurt in a crash in east Auckland.

The two-car crash occurred in Sunnyhills on Pakuranga Rd, near Stanniland Rd, around 12.30pm.

Police said the man died while being taken to hospital.

“One other person was injured in the crash and taken to at Middlemore Hospital, where they remain in a stable condition,” police said.

Serious crash investigators are at the scene with enquiries into its cause still ongoing.

Pakuranga Rd remains blocked and traffic is being diverted.

Motorists earlier reported seeing a smashed car and that heavy traffic had banked up along Pakuranga Rd.