State Highway 1 was down to one lane for several hours yesterday after a truck lost a load of veneer sheets after its trailer tipped.
The driver of the southbound Toll Group truck, from Kaitaia, had his trailer unit tip on to its side on a moderate left-hand bend, just south of Towai, about 37km north- west of Whangarei, about 9.24am yesterday.
Police said the accident took out a power pole and spread veneer sheets across the road and a railway line that crossed the road. Roadside barriers were also destroyed in the accident.
The truck driver was uninjured and no other vehicles were believed to have been involved. A police Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit member is looking into the crash.
State Highway 1 was down to one lane for several hours while the power line was repaired and the road and rail line cleared.