A truck-and-trailer unit travelling north on the Southern Motorway plunged on to the highway below. Photo / SNPA
A man has been charged with dangerous driving after a dramatic crash on an Auckland motorway this year.
The crash, on January 18, saw a truck plough through a barrier on the Southern Motorway and plunge at least 15m before coming to rest on the highway below.
As it crashed it spilled diesel and a load of powdered fertiliser near Auckland's Spaghetti Junction.
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Cambridge man Brendon Greig was driving the truck and was injured.
He will appear in the Auckland District Court on Friday.
Greig, who had since moved to Wellington, was reluctant to talk about the charges when contacted by the Herald yesterday.
"I've been advised to not talk to media at the moment until it's all sorted, you can understand the pressures of everything," he said.
He now spent his time at home recovering from his injuries, the worst of which was a compression fracture of the vertebrae.
However, he was confined to a bed and was able to walk around, he said.
"They've fitted me with a brace, so I'm all right with a brace on. While I've got that on I can be up and walking around."
Police could not comment on the specifics of the charge.
It's understood a NZDF aircraft and multiple helicopters are involved.
