A body has been pulled from the cab of a truck, found submerged in a Hawkes Bay river.
A 47-year-old truckie from Taihape was reported missing by his wife last night after he failed to return from a trip to Hawkes Bay.
Calls from his wife and radio calls fromhis employer - Farmer's Transport in Feilding - had gone unanswered.
At about 8am today, another truck driver noticed marks on the road about 1km downstream from Springvale Bridge, 30 metres above Moawhango River and saw a truck submerged in the river.
The police dive squad from Wellington was called in to search the river, which is swollen and flowing fast due to heavy rain.
