A logging truck driver has walked away with two broken ribs after his truck rolled down a bank and came to rest beside a stream in Tangoio, Hawke's Bay.
Emergency services were called to the crash by the Tangoio Falls Scenic Reserve, north of Napier on State Highway 2, at 6.53am.
The driver, a man in his mid-40s, was able to escape the wreckage of his Pan Pac truck soon after the crash.
He was taken by ambulance to Hawke's Bay Hospital, and remained in a general ward in a stable condition on Thursday afternoon.
The crash was near a sharp 35kmh turn on the highway. Photos from the scene showed a damaged barrier fence at the top of the bank.