Just before 10am today, Thursday 15 May, emergency services were called to Nangkita Road, Nangkita (near Willowburn Drive), after reports a cattle truck had rolled. Patrols arrived to find the truck down an embankment and in a creek.

The driver, a 29-year-old man from Craigmore, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and he will undergo mandatory blood tests. Due to the location of the truck, the number of cattle injured in currently unknown.

A heavy vehicle tow truck is at the scene and qualified personnel are attendance to assist with euthanasia of the animals.

Nangkita Road is expected to remain closed until 7pm this evening and road users are asked to avoid the area.

The investigation into the circumstances of the crash is ongoing.