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A truck driver has died following a crash this afternoon in tragic news for the region.
Emergency services crews rushed to the scene, about 10 kilometres south of Tarcutta on the Hume Highway, at 2.30pm after reports a truck had left the road and ended up in a gully.
The driver is believed to have been aged in his 40s, but police say he is yet to be formally identified.
Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Stewart Alexander said a B-double that was carrying herbicide crashed in between the northbound and southbound lanes.
A NSW Police spokeswoman said the man was travelling north when his truck left the highway, rolled down an embankment and hit a tree before coming to a stop in Kaejura creek.
She said passersby treated the man but he died at the scene.
Emergency services vehicles were still at the site of the crash after 4pm, with police slowing traffic on either side of the highway.
A Fire and Rescue NSW hazmat operation is underway to prevent contamination of the creek and salvage spilled materials.
A NSW Ambulance spokesperson said two crews attended the scene.
Police investigations into the crash are ongoing.
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Emergency services have rushed to the Hume Highway after reports a truck had left the road and ended up in a gulley.
Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Stewart Alexander said a B-double that was carrying herbicide has crashed.
"All emergency services are on scene and work is being done to try and minimise the contamination from the herbicide," he said.
"It looks like we will be here for some time. It happened at the third crossing of the Keajura Creek."
A NSW Ambulance spokesperson said a B-double had rolled off an embankment on the highway about 10 kilometres south of Tarcutta.
"We first got the call at 2.30pm and sent two crews out ... they are on scene now," they said.
A NSW Police spokesperson said they have officers on scene.
The website shows that one of two northbound lanes has been closed while a heavy vehicle tow truck, the Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and Transport for NSW is on scene.
Southbound traffic has also been affected. Drivers are asked to reduce their speed, exercise caution and follow any directions.
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