Police can confirm one person has died following a crash involving a single vehicle on Mere Road, Taupō in the early hours of this morning.
Shortly after midnight emergency services responded to the crash in which a car had left the road and collided with a building. The sole occupant of the car died at the scene.
Police offer condolences to the family of the deceased person.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
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