A car has ploughed through the front of a West Auckland business, with medics tending to the driver

A person has died after a car ploughed through the front of a West Auckland business this afternoon.

Emergency services raced to the Glendene shops on Te Atatu Rd where a motorist smashed through glass panes of a real estate office just before 2pm.

The serious crash unit is investigating and the car driver and those inside the building are being treated by medics.

Police said one person taken to hospital has since died.

A shopkeeper from the neighbouring superette said it appeared the car had crashed going through the roundabout, mounted the footpath and smashed through the front of a Barfoot & Thompson office in Glendene.

“The car is inside the shop,” the man told the Herald.

He said scores of police and emergency personnel were at the scene.

The shopkeeper said the driver of the vehicle appeared to be elderly.

 “He appeared to have hit a car and went into the building.”

A person in the Barfoot & Thompson building said some staff inside the building were now being assessed by ambulance officers.

She was unable to comment further.

A police spokesperson said police were working to determine the cause of the crash.

A number of buses have been affected with passengers told to expect delays of up to 30 minutes as police manage traffic through the busy West Auckland intersection.