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A person is dead after a car crash in Ruawai, Northland on Friday afternoon.

Police responded to reports of the single-vehicle crash near the intersection of State Highway 12 and Greenhill Road, just after 3pm.

The person was found dead at the scene.

Diversions are place.

The Serious Crash Unit has been notified and will be making enquiries into the circumstances of the crash.