A teen has died after an accident jumping from a bridge in Raglan.

The schoolboy killed after an incident at a Raglan bridge was Richard Keremeta.

The 16-year-old student died when he jumped from a Raglan footbridge into the water on Monday and another jumper followed and landed on top of him.

The death has cast the small coastal town of Raglan into mourning and the local school is pulling in support for the students.

FACEBOOK Richard Keremeta, 16, died after another man landed on him after they both jumped from a foot bridge in Raglan on Monday.

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Raglan Area School principal Malcolm Cox said the school had held a karakia and meeting with senior students on Tuesday morning.

Richard was in Year 13, his final year of high school.

"We spoke briefly about what had happened," Cox said of the assembly.

"I said we have to let ourselves grieve, but also be there for the person next to you. It's a time to be connected and stay connected."

Cox said the senior students are with support staff while staff who were on leave had come back to help support the students.

"We are following the lead of the whanau and will be at the marae when he arrives. That's one of the nice things about being in Raglan - we are part of the community."

A man has now come forward admitting he collided with somebody on Monday after jumping off the Te Kopua footbridge, Waikato Police Sergeant John McCarthy told the New Zealand Herald.

﻿Earlier Cox described Richard as a "fine young man".

"We'll miss him," he said. "It's a huge grieving time for us."

Richard was passionate about basketball and loved swimming at the harbour and jumping off the bridge.

Cox described him as quiet, good-humoured and "one of the boys", and said his death would have a huge impact on other students.

They would be supported, including with access to counsellors if required

Keremeta's friends, Reiki Ruawai and Jahvik Leng-Ware, who went to Raglan Area School said Keremeta was into all kinds of sports and many of their favourite memories with him were from swimming at Raglan Harbour. He said the boy could "get along with anyone and everyone."

On Monday, emergency services spent over an hour trying to save Richard, but their attempts were unsuccessful.

A group of at least 50 people gathered beside the fire station in Raglan and performed a haka before a hearse took Richard's body away.

After a period of silence, a karanga was delivered and the group advanced on to the scene where emergency services had tried to resuscitate him.

It is not the first time a teen has been killed while jumping from a Waikato bridge.

Zharian Tomairangi Patea-Watkins, 13, died after being injured while jumping from the Huntly rail bridge into the Waikato River in 2012.

Zharian and his friends had planned a "chain bomb" where they could consecutively jump off the bridge when the previous boy had swum away.

But Zharian miscalculated and jumped, landing on his friend.

His body was found three days later.