A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car on State Highway 1 in Levin.
The road has been closed and southbound highway traffic was being diverted via Cambridge St and into Tararua Rd, police said.
The crash happened around 6am, south of the Tararua Rd intersection on SH1.
It was understood a southbound vehicle hit a middle-aged male pedestrian in the southbound lane of SH1.