Picture: A moving experience

Picture / Paul Estcourt

A police investigation is under way into how this truck carting a container full of outdoor furniture overturned on Ngapipi Rd in Orakei yesterday.

The Mondiale Freight truck driver was taken to hospital for a check-up and x-rays but was not injured. A company spokesman said the accident happened on a stretch where the road leans to the left.

A motorist travelling behind said the truck started leaning and "just kept going". The container of wooden furniture was being taken to East Tamaki at the time of the crash, just after 9.30am.

Police confirmed they were investigating the accident and said the truck would be inspected.