The crash was between Te Puru and Valder Place, Waiomu, on the west side of the Coromandel Peninsula, police said. Photo: Supplied/ NZTA
There are lengthy delays on a major road on the Coromandel Peninsula after a fatal crash.
Emergency services responded to a crash on State Highway 25 between Thames and Coromandel town, reported just before 9am on Friday.
One person was dead after the two-car crash, police said.
St John said it treated four patients with minor injuries at the scene.
Earlier police said there was a 90-minute delay for travel on alternate route State Highway 25A in the Coromandel after a fatal accident earlier today.
The narrow coastal road winds up the west side of the Coromandel Peninsula and is heavily used during the peak summer holiday period.
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