A truck has come off the road and gone down a bank on State Highway 5 northwest of Rotorua.
![A truck has come off the road and gone down a bank on State Highway 5 northwest of Rotorua. Photo/Ben Fraser](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DUYIDIEKNEYUYTFIISBQOBBNPE.jpg?auth=2d0db2b0ee84d5e8de294f3cfde107f7b6e5d51480c609de1e2102d56a07e463&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
A police spokesman said a truck with a semi trailer went off the road into a paddock between Waiohotu Rd and Galaxy Rd about 7.30am.
![A truck has come off the road and gone down a bank on State Highway 5 northwest of Rotorua. Photo/Ben Fraser](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/7X4EHV7LYXQI77VHDPVPT7ULYU.jpg?auth=16b976346eb4bd5e6fcb3b9c5cc3df6ad6878156187e3903af54bd12333a85c2&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)
A Rotorua Daily Post photographer at the scene said the truck had gone down a bank approximately 20-30 metres and was resting the right way up in the paddock.