The driver of a truck who died after a crash on SH57 between Linton and Tokomaru this morning has been named as Jackson Tiatoa, aged 51, from Lower Hutt.
The crash is 4.30am when the truck was travelling south towards Tokomaru on a sweeping bend. It crossed the centreline and rolled on to its side in to a drainage ditch bordering a paddock.
The cause of the crash is being investigated.
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