A woman died after trying to do a U-turn when a logging truck struck her vehicle outside of Te Puke this morning, police say.
Western Bay road policing sergeant Wayne Hunter said the woman, 36, didn't see a logging truck on the road before she pulled out into its path.
"She was travelling on the road towards Te Puke and she pulled over on the road to let some cars pass and she obviously didn't see a logging truck going in the same direction and she did a U-turn in front of the truck," he said.
"The vehicles collided and the truck basically t-boned her. The truck had no way of stopping in time."
The woman died on the way to hospital.
