Truck carrying excavator rolls

Hall Brothers Transport owner and Dunedin city councillor Doug Hall (below left) talks to a police officer about one of his company’s trucks, which rolled while carrying an excavator in Steep Hill Rd, near the Kilmog, north of Dunedin, yesterday.

A St John spokesman said an ambulance was called to the scene about 12.05pm.

PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
The driver was taken to Dunedin Hospital in a moderate condition, he said.

Cr Hall said the side of the road collapsed and the truck was parked when the incident happened.

A police spokeswoman said its commercial vehicle safety team was making inquiries and would speak to the driver.

 

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