Truck tips but driver walks away

Ed Hema had a lucky escape when the trailer on his truck flipped, snapping a power pole in half and leaving the truck lying on its side across the road.
The live power lines tangled in the remains of the trailer crackled and fizzed as Mr Hema climbed out of the truck with just a grazed elbow and a sore back.
Hundreds of Pacific Rose apples were scattered along Napier Road and the hedge on the corner where the trailer flipped was littered with apple crates, the remains of a new roadside barrier, and the trailer roof.
The corner, which is about 1.5 km from Havelock North where Napier Road crosses Mangateretere Stream, is less than a kilometre from the Mr Apple packhouse where Mr Hema was heading.
He had already driven the road once yesterday and has driven the road countless times over the past 10 years.
Greg Simpson was working nearby when he heard a loud noise.
He knew it was an accident immediately and rushed to the road where the live power lines crackled and fizzled as Mr Hema climbed out of the cab.
Another man working nearby saw the power lines bouncing up and down and the concrete power poles (on either side of the wooden pole which snapped in half) swaying from side to side.
Mr Simpson said the fence which the truck was resting against had just been repaired after being destroyed in a previous accident.
Local residents said there had been a lot of work done on the corner recently and the sign that had recommended a speed of 55km/h around the corner now recommended 65 km/h.