One person is dead and two others are injured after a serious crash on a key Coromandel holiday highway this afternoon.
Emergency services were called after a motorcycle and car collided just after 3pm on the Kopu-Hikuai Rd, east of Thames.
Fire Service shift manager Jaron Phillips said both vehicles caught fire after the collision.
"The car and the motorbike are totally burnt out."
He said three fire crews were at the scene, and would remain there for the rest of the investigation.
