The Manawatu's Saddle Rd has reopened after being closed for almost 24-hours following a truck crash yesterday.
An LPG tanker overturned on the main road between Manawatu and Hawke's Bay, forcing traffic diversions at Ashhurst and Woodville yesterday morning.
The driver walked away from the crushed cab.
The road was a major link in the lower North Island after the indefinite closure of the Manawatu Gorge because of presistent rockfalls.
Regional transport system manager Ross I'Anson said a special pump and tanker was needed to carry out the work safely and the nearest available one would come from New Plymouth.