A woman has died after being struck by a truck on Ruakura Road, outside Hilda Ross Retirement Village.

An elderly woman is dead after being hit by a truck on the road outside her home in a Hamilton retirement village.

The 91 year old died on a pedestrian crossing on Ruakura Rd in Hamilton East.

Waikato police Senior Sergeant Simon Cherry confirmed the woman was a resident at the Hilda Ross Retirement Village located on Ruakura Rd.

CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF A pedestrian was killed while crossing Ruakura Rd near the intersection with Wairere Dr on Thursday.

She was struck while crossing the light-controlled pedestrian crossing outside the village at lunchtime on Thursday.

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A Toll Freight truck heading toward Hamilton could be seen stopped on the road at the crossing.

CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF Police have currently closed Ruakura Rd at the Wairere Dr intersection.

Next to it was a four-wheeled walker.

When contacted, Toll Freight Hamilton declined to comment.

Exactly how the crash occurred was under investigation by police's Serious Crash Unit and Commercial Investigation Unit, Cherry said.

"We're making inquiries with the driver of the truck."

Police were still trying to contact the woman's family, he said.

Police closed down Ruakura Rd at the Wairere Dr intersection and set up a cordons between Peachgrove Rd and Wairere Dr for about two hours.

By 2.30pm, the road had reopened.