Truck leaves road after cows leave something else

A driver was lucky to escape injury when their truck "slid on cow sh**'' and rolled off the road near Outram yesterday morning.

A police spokeswoman said the Traffic Management & Control truck rolled off the road and into a culvert about 10.40am in Huntly Rd.

The driver was not injured and the road was not blocked, she said.

Traffic Management & Control manager Peter Graham said police were not taking court or infringement action and insurance would cover the crash.

The driver had moved left to give space to an oncoming vehicle, hit a patch of slippery material Mr Graham understood to be cow poo, then rolled the vehicle as it reached the deep culvert, he said.