One person has died following a single vehicle crash on Grieve Road near Otakiri earlier this morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene around 9:20am.
One person was located deceased at the scene.
Road Policing Manager, Sergeant Shane Tailby says the vehicle went off the road into a ditch.
Police expect the road to remain closed for several hours. Diversions are in place at the intersection of Grieve and Powell Road and the top of Grieve Road.
Motorists are advised to take an alternate route.
"The road is closed while Police conduct an investigation of the crash," Tailby says.
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