The truck's trailer would be removed later in the morning, police said.
The crash was the second in five days and follows a horror collision along SH3 near Makirikiri Road, South of Whanganui, on Thursday when two trucks collided.
The cab of one truck was knocked from its chassis and came to rest several metres along the road in what a witness described as a crumpled ball of steel.
The driver climbed free of the wreckage with only minor injuries.