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A truck driver died today after driving off the road just north of Shannon.
Joseph Williams, 51, of Palmerston North, was driving his truck and trailer north towards Shannon on State Highway 57, near Laws Hill, when the accident happened, about 9am.
He died at the scene.
No other vehicles were involved.
Inquiries are continuing into the cause of the crash, police said.
- NZPA
