Police are trying to locate a driver after a crash that has left a state highway in the central North Island closed.
SH41 at Tokaanu is currently closed after the crash in the early hours of this morning between a truck-and-trailer unit and a ute.
The crash, near the intersection of Te Ponanga Saddle Rd, was reported to Police shortly after midnight.
![Tokaanu is a small settlement close to Turangi at the southern end of Lake Taupō. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/XQCMD5USFCS6KUC64PWO3ME7I4.jpg?auth=ea07675d4f8b0050726bdf7fe26c5f2071442defa16246ffc951b34a1953c3ac&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The truck driver was uninjured but the driver of the ute is yet to be located.