A man has narrowly escaped with his life after he leapt from his moving truck which then crashed and rolled to a stop.
The man, in his 50s, jumped from his vehicle on the Napier-Taihape Rd near Kuripapango around 11am today. The truck hit a steep bank and rolled.
The man was flown by the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter to Hawke's Bay Hospital with multiple injuries. He is in a stable condition.