Person dead after car crashes into tree in the Waikato

Emrgency services were called to the crash on Bank Road in Te Awamutu at 9.30am. Image / Google Maps

A person has died after the car they were driving crashed into a tree in Te Awamutu this morning.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Bank Rd at 9.30am.

Police said the victim was the only person in the car.

The road remains closed while the Serious Crash Unit investigates.

It was the second crash in Waikato this morning after a truck rolled on SH1 between Tokoroa and Kinleith at 4am. The road reopened at midday.