Fatal crash in Hauraki Plains

One person is dead following a crash on SH27. File photo.

State Highway 27 is shut down this afternoon as emergency services deal with a fatal crash in the Hauraki Plains.

The two-vehicle collision happened around midday just south of Patetonga.

'One person is dead and two others are being extracted from the first vehicle with serious injuries,” says a statement from police.

'The sole occupant of the second vehicle is in a stable condition being attended to by ambulance.”

The road is closed and diversions are in place at Mangawara Road for southbound traffic, and Maukoro Landing Road for northbound traffic.

'Motorists are reminded to please drive to the conditions and with care and patience, particularly in the wet weather.”

The Police Serious Crash Unit has been advised.

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