A person has died after a medical event which closed the main highway in Tauranga.

Emergency services responded to the incident on Turret Rd (State Highway 2A) at 5.30pm.

A road closure was in place from Turret Rd Bridge to the intersection of Fifteenth Ave and Burrows Ave.

Motorists were asked to delay travel or choose alternate routes.

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