A logging truck driver has died after a truck crashed into a ditch in Opotiki today.
Police said emergency services were called about noon after the fully laden truck overturned on State Highway 35 between Waihau Bay and Te Kaha.
The male driver was trapped in the cab after the truck came off the road and overturned into a ditch, police said. He died at the scene.
Police would be investigating the circumstances of the crash and no further details of the driver would be provided at present.
There were partial road blocks on SH 35, but traffic was moving past the crash site.
