One person is dead following a crash between two trucks in the Eastern Bay of Plenty this morning.

Police and emergency services are at the scene of a fatal crash on McKee Road, 12kms south of Kawerau.

One person has been killed in a crash in the Bay this morning. File photo.

The head-on crash between a logging truck and a five-ton truck and trailer was reported to police at 3.52am.

'The logging truck driver was reported as being uninjured but one of two occupants of the second truck was killed,” say police.

'The crash has completely closed the road and contractors are arranging diversions.”

The scene is likely to take some hours to clear and motorists are advised to seek alternate routes.