Police investigating pedestrian death on street in East Auckland

Police are investigating the circumstances of the death of a pedestrian in East Auckland last night.

A police spokesperson said that the pedestrian died on Ti Rakau Drive in Pakuranga about 11.10pm.

A witness told the Herald that the serious crash unit, police photographers and detectives attended to the scene.

They said that police officers were talking to a number of witnesses at the scene - including those on Auckland Transport buses that had stopped - and were door-knocking nearby houses.

The road was closed with a diversion in place at the intersection of Gossamer Dr.

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