Police can confirm a young person has passed away after being struck by a train in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga this afternoon.

Emergency services responded to the incident on Hewletts Road around 2:55pm.

Most of the road in the area have reopened, but a small section of Hewlett’s Road, MacDonald Street and Maunganui Road, remains closed.

The death will be referred to the Coroner.

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