One person has been seriously injured after a car was struck by a train near Hamilton this afternoon.
The incident occurred on Holland Road, in Puketaha, at around 2.50pm, a police spokesperson told 1 NEWS.
One person in the vehicle was transported to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition.
It's unknown if there were any other passengers in the vehicle when it was struck.
A section of State Highway 1B was closed between Puketaha Road and Holland Road following the incident, Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency said.
The road has since reopened.
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