Scene of a truck crash which closed Ngahape Road yesterday due to spilled molasses.
Scene of a truck crash which closed Ngahape Road yesterday due to spilled molasses.
Part of Ngahape road was closed for several hours yesterday after a load of molasses was spilt from a truck.
Otorohanga Police constable Ian Lawrence said the driver of the Morrinsville trucking company vehicle lost control of the trailer on a right hand corner at around 7.30am.
Senior officer of Te Awamutu Fire Brigade, Lex Soepnel, estimated one to two tonnes of molasses was spilt onto the road.
"We had one appliance and a water tanker turn out and kept the spillage to a minimum until contractors and local authorities arrived on the scene," he said.
The trucking company sent another vehicle and the molasses which remained in the damaged tanker was pumped across to be removed.