A refrigerated truck lies on its side, south of Waihola, yesterday. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery, ODT
The driver of a freight truck which crashed south of Waihola early yesterday was under the influence, police allege.
Constable Will Pentelow, of Milton, could not yesterday confirm exactly what the 46-year-old male driver had been under the influence of at the time of the crash, but said he definitely
appeared "impaired" when emergency services arrived at the scene.
The crash happened just before 4am on the Clarendon Highway, just south of Waihola.
The Cooltranz truck, carrying a load of frozen chickens, had struck a power pole and slid down a bank on to its side.
Mr Pentelow said the truck then hit a culvert, which brought it to an abrupt halt.
